242141 Matching Strategies for Sustainable Mobility

Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar

Orga-Einheit: Corporate Management & Economics

Anzeige im Stundenplan: Matching Strategies

Semesterwochenstunden: 3

Credits: 6,0

Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 5 | 22

Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung

Inhalte:
Environmental and other dimensions of sustainability

Transport markets

• Key terminology
  
• Growth and modal split trends in transport services
  
• The economics of transport
  
• Transport as a (basic) service
  
• Transport as derived demand
  
• Physical and non-physical forms of transport/Transportability?
  
• Determinants of supply and demand for transport services
  
• The role of government in transport markets (regulation, ownership)       
  

• Key terminology
  
• Trends in transport infrastructure supply and demand, degree of modernity and funding
  
• Transport infrastructure planning (incl. cases)
  
• Alternative approaches to transport infrastructure funding for different modes of transport (markets, government provision, PPP)
  

• The environmental impact of transport
  
• Basisc principles of environmental economics
  
• Transport-related environmental policy 
  

Lernziele:
Course objectives:

Students will:

• be introduced to the key concepts of sustainability in the context of the transport sector at the national and international level
  
• acquire an in-depth knowledge of transport policy instruments and environmental policy instruments related to transport
  
• discuss select contemporary issues with respect to addressing sustainability concerns in transport markets, transport infrastructure provision and utilization and transport policy in case studies
  

Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen:
Building upon and supplementing as well as extending the introductory part of the course, students will conduct their own research in a term paper format including presentation and in-class discussion of their findings.

Topic assignment will be based on students' preferences in line with the course objectives. Accordingly, term papers may address the following areas of transport:

• Local transport – provision and funding
  “Free” local public transport – efficiency and distribution aspects
  Urban congestion charges
  
  
• Select environmental issues in transport/Sector-specific vs. universal regimes for reducing the climate impact of transport
  Emission trading in aviation – ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA
  Integrating aviation and shipping into the EU’s emission trading system (ETS)
  Decarbonising road transport – what role for e-mobility?
  Carbon taxes in road transport
  
  
• The future of mobility
  Autonomous driving and local public transport
  The market potential of drones for passenger transport and goods delivery
  Mobility-as-a-service - a sustainable business model?
  
  
• Case studies
   How sustainable is high-speed rail transport in Europe?
  The Chinese “One Road, one belt“ initiative
  

Zugelassene Hilfsmittel für die Prüfung:
All academic sources may be used in preparing the draft paper presentations and final papers.

Students are expected to observe the rules and guidelines for good scientific practice. In particular, plagiarism will not be tolerated.

 

Literatur:
General introductory literature:

Monographies:

• Button K.J. (2010): Transport Economics, 3rd ed., Cheltenham
  
• Cole, St.: Applied Transport Economics. Policy, Management & Decision Making, 3rd ed., London 2005
  
• Hensher, D.A. / Brewer, A.M. (2004): Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective, Oxford
  
• Hensher, D.A. / Button, K.J. (2003): Handbook of Transport and the Environment, Amsterdam
  
• Mallard, G. / Glaister, St. (2008): Transport Economics. Theory, Application and Policy, Houndmills/Basingstoke
  
• Palma, André de et. al. (2013) (eds.): A Handbook of Transport Economics, Cheltenham/Northampton
  
• Polak, Jacob. B / Heertje Arnold (2000) (eds.): Analytical Transport Economics Cheltenham/Northampton
  
• Quinet, E. / Vickermann, R. (2004): Principles of Transport Economics, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA
  
• Rodrigue, Jean-Paul / Comtois, Claude / Slack, Brian (2017) (eds): The Geography of Transport Systems, 4th ed., London and New York 2017
  

• European Transport Research Review
  
• International Journal of Transport Economics          
  
• Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  
• Research in Transportation Economics
  
• Transport Policy
  
• Transport Reviews  
  
• Transportation Journal  
  
• Transportation Research, Part A. General, Policy and Practice
  
• Transportation Research, Part D Transport & Environment
  
• Transportation Research, Part E Logistics & Transport
  

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