Capacity to Grow Transport Infrastructure Needs for Future Trade Growth

This report examines the consequences of increased global trade on the world's transport infrastructure. More complex international freight flows as a result of diversified global trade patterns will change capacity requirements and increasingly reshape global transport networks over the coming...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Transport Forum
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2016
Series:International Transport Forum Policy Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This report examines the consequences of increased global trade on the world's transport infrastructure. More complex international freight flows as a result of diversified global trade patterns will change capacity requirements and increasingly reshape global transport networks over the coming decades. Policy makers need to understand now how these forces are likely to play out in order to ensure adequate and timely investment into transport infrastructure that will continue to provide the backbone of global trade and economic development
Physical Description:49 p. 21 x 29.7cm