Transport and Telecommunications [electronic resource]: Report of the Fifty-Ninth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 14th-15th January, 1982 /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(59th :1982 :Paris, France)
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Claisse, G.(Gérard)
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1983.
Transport and telecommunications are complementary technologies, essential to the functioning of the economic and social system, which facilitate the making and development of relationships. But as means of communication they also compete. The recent development of telecommunications constitutes a challenge to the transport sector. This report sets out to identify the nature and scope of that challenge.
INTRODUCTORY REPORT -- Transport and Telecommunications by G. Claisse, France -- -Introduction -- Communication technologies in the economic and social system -- Conditions for substitution -- Assessing the scope for substitution -- Transport, telecommunications and land use -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- 
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Transport and telecommunications are complementary technologies, essential to the functioning of the economic and social system, which facilitate the making and development of relationships. But as means of communication they also compete. The recent development of telecommunications constitutes a challenge to the transport sector. This report sets out to identify the nature and scope of that challenge.
Transport
Transportation
Telecommunication
Substitution (Technology)
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics