Framing the Nexus of Globalisation,Logistics and Manufacturing in Europe

Abstract

Under the ongoing influence of globalisation, supply chains have changed significantly. New logistics and manufacturing systems have emerged, causing longer transport distances and increasing transport emissions. The existing research into the sustainability impacts of freight transport has largely viewed it as being a macro-level economic and political phenomenon and has ignored the interdependencies amongst micro-level economic actors, including firms and businesses in the private sector. In this paper, we presume that the lack of conceptualisation of freight transport in relation to wider institutional contexts and firm behaviour results in the lack of a holistic approach to understanding freight governance in the face of globalisation. We argue for the use of institutional economic geography lenses to elucidate the distribution networks of emerging logistics and manufacturing practices and its implications for freight transport. We illustrate our argument through a broad look at the European logistics and manufacturing practices and global production.     

论高职院校开展公民教育的问题与建议

高职院校作为培养高技能人才的教育机构,担负着为国家和社会培养合格社会公民的重任.鉴于当代高职学生公民知识欠缺,公民意识不足的现状,高职院校应在人才培养过程中转变教育观念,强化对学生的公民教育,将高职学生的公民教育置于校内外的公民实践活动当中,全力构建课堂育人、文化育人和实践育人的三位一体的公民教育体系.     

浅谈美国对外政策话语中的三种语义策略

在美同的对外政策话语中,美国政府经常运用三种语义策略获取最大的国家利益,一是通过词语语义意象号召国内民众支持政府的外交政策;二是通过调控词语概念的语义内涵和外延,以及如何利用语义度差使词语概念成为一种特殊的外交武器;三是通过构建叙事结构诱导民众产生心理预期,接受政府需要的心理现实,成为对外政策的拥护者。     

快速城镇化下的公共交通优先政策研究

随着城镇化快速发展,高度聚集和紧凑布局的城市特征以及日益凸现的交通拥堵问题,决定了优先发展公共交通是中国城市和城市交通发展的必然选择。首先分析中国快速城镇化背景下公共交通发展定位,同时对现行的公共交通发展政策进行梳理。以战略性、前瞻性、系统性、实施性为原则,提出促进公共交通优先发展的公共政策体系框架,并详细阐述城市发展、公共交通、交通需求管理、科技创新四个方面的具体政策建议。     

《北京交通发展纲要（2004-2020）》实施情况及评估

在北京市进入社会经济现代化、城市化和机动化高速发展时期,交通形势十分严峻的背景下,北京市颁布了《北京交通发展纲要（2004-2020）》（以下简称《纲要》）。对“纲要》颁布以来北京交通取得的成就进行评估,在此基础上总结北京交通发展的成功经验并反思发展过程中存在的问题,为《纲要》的进一步修编提供参考。     

交通拥挤收费政策的经济影响分析

针对交通拥挤收费政策普遍采用的成本—效益分析(CBA)框架存在的缺陷,首先回顾了拥挤收费的经济学原理。然后从研究方法和研究内容两方面剖析CBA框架存在的问题,指出时间价值计算不严谨及交易成本被忽视等问题将对政策实施效果带来负面影响,并就伦敦和斯德哥尔摩拥挤收费案例社会净收益计算结果的可靠性提出质疑。接着结合各参与方的净收益分析、收费区商业影响及其他产业影响等内容,指出CBA分析框架可扩展的内容。最后提出了改进的经济影响分析框架,为全面评价拥挤收费政策效果提供参考。     

Role of the Railways in the Future of Air Transport

Abstract

The role of the railways in the air transport industry is usually limited to provision of access to airports. However, the development of high-speed rail networks and the congestion and environmental problems faced by the air transport industry suggest the railways could have a greater role in working with the airlines to provide an integrated transport service for medium-distance journeys (up to 800 km). Many air journeys involve two flights and a transfer at a hub airport. The alternative being investigated here would replace air journeys by a rail journey and a flight, and a transfer between them at the hub airport. Such integration could offer a positive alternative to aircraft on some routes and lead to railway journeys to airports becoming part of air transport services, and not only to provide access to them. Integration could therefore provide a better use of available air capacity rather than duplicating some high-speed rail routes and services.     

Determining strategies to increase response rates in transport surveys of small shop-based businesses

Increasing representation of small business perspectives in policy research would benefit from identifying strategies to increase response rates. Despite the significance of the issue, there is inconsistent reporting amongst small business research about issues such as sampling, recruitment and survey design. Reporting on such issues may help address the under-representation of small business respondents and help reduce wasting research resources on less effective strategies. For policy matters that have the potential to disrupt how small business owners run their business, this is of particular importance. This paper reports on a survey of small businesses about changes to the transport accessibility features of a town centre that have the potential to affect the supply of car parking. Based on a review of the available literature, strategies were adopted to reduce respondent burden and maximise engagement. The paper presents an analysis of recruitment approaches in the first wave of the survey and demonstrates how the refinements to the recruitment approach were successful in achieving an increase in response rate from 40% to 47%.     

The treatment of traffic in the Dutch environmental outlooks: the role of science in policy making and policy evaluation

The Dutch National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection publishes Environmental Outlooks in which 25‐year projections are made. These Outlooks quantifying the environmental problems, form the scientific basis for Dutch environmental policy. Traffic and transport is one of the main sectors causing environmental problems. The emissions and energy use of all relevant categories (road traffic, non‐road traffic) are based on model simulations with models. This paper describes the main models used.

If present policy is implemented only a minority of the environmental targets will be met.

If a sustainable transport system for the Netherlands means a large reducton in CO₂ emissions and energy use after 2010 a stronger emphasis on both technical and non‐technical measures (such as land‐use planning combined with public transport improvements) for the period until 2010 is needed than proposed in the Second Transport Structure Plan, unless a sustainable energy source becomes available.     

城际公交效果评估及运营机制研究

随着我国都市圈、城市群的快速崛起,城际公交已成为交通服务社会、方便居民出行、促进区域经济协调发展的重要载体。本文阐述了城际公交的内涵、特征及其发展运营现状,并对其当前实施效果进行了评估。在此基础上,深入剖析了制约其发展的经营模式、管理体制以及法规制度等“瓶颈”问题,提出规范和促进城际公交发展的政策建议,以促进城际公交科学发展、安全发展、可持续发展。