A special session on the transnational and cross-border dimensions of
transport policy is being organised at the Ninth Conference of the Network
on European Communication and Transportation Activities Research to be held
in the University of Porto on 9-12 May 2007 (http://www.nectarporto.com).
Abstracts for this session will be accepted up to *Thursday 30 November
2006* (whereas the deadline for abstracts for all other sessions is
Wednesday 15 November 2006).
Focus of the special session
European integration and enlargement has had and continues to have profound
implications for the mobility of citizens and goods. Great changes in
transport movements are taking place as a result of new patterns of
demography, employment, recreation, education, manufacturing, distribution
and trade. One consequence is that the cross-border (i.e. involving nations
with a shared border) and transnational (i.e. involving nations in the same
region) dimensions of transport policy are becoming increasingly important.
Illustrative themes of this session include:
* cross-border and transnational environmental and social impacts of
transport (e.g. transboundary pollution)
* regional impacts of cross-border transport infrastructure (e.g. trade,
economic development)
* institutional arrangements for building transport infrastructure and/or
providing cross-border transport services
* transnational transfer of transport policy and practice (policy learning
and transfer)
* lessons from cross-border and transnational transport initiatives (e.g.
INTERREG, TACIS projects)
* issues of transport interoperability across national borders
This special session is being organised by Harry Geerlings (Erasmus
University Rotterdam), Yoram Shiftan (Technion – Israel Institute of
Technology), Dominic Stead (Delft University of Technology) and Erik
Verhoef (Free University Amsterdam). Abstracts for this special session
should be submitted by 30 November 2006 to Dominic Stead, preferably by
email (to [log in to unmask]). Guidelines for the format of abstracts can
be found at http://www.nectarporto.com/abstracsub.htm.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to others who may be
interested in submitting an abstract.
Dominic Stead
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Dr Dominic Stead
Senior Researcher
OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies
Delft University of Technology
PO Box 5030
2600 GA Delft
THE NETHERLANDS
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fax: +31 15 2783450
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web: www.otb.tudelft.nl
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