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Capitalising on Spatiality in E uropean Transport Corridors
Author(s) -
Witte Patrick,
Van Oort Frank,
Wiegmans Bart,
Spit Tejo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12042
Subject(s) - transport policy , economic geography , cohesion (chemistry) , passenger transport , economies of agglomeration , transport infrastructure , regional science , transport system , welfare , business , environmental planning , economic growth , economics , transport engineering , geography , public transport , market economy , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
After half a century of corridor development in E urope, the corridor concept is well‐established in the academic discourse on transportation. Transport corridors have also been common practice in E uropean transport policy since the creation of a borderless E urope in the 1990s. What is largely lacking in present‐day research on E uropean transport corridors is a consideration of a sector‐transcendent and comprehensive spatial approach. We argue that adopting such an approach is beneficial to a valued analysis of E uropean transport corridors, especially in the light of EU cohesion policy, agglomeration effects and place‐based development. Also, negative external effects of persisting bottlenecks on welfare and quality of life in transport corridors should be better assessed and contextualised. This paper therefore suggests that policy can and should capitalise more on spatiality in corridors.