Vol.6, No 1, 2009 pp. 1 - 8
UDC 502.131.1 : 656.025
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Theodore Tsekeris1, Charalambos Tsekeris2
1Centre for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Amerikis 11, Athens 10672, Greece
tsek@kepe.gr
2Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 20 Gorgopotamou st., Zografou 15772, Athens, Greece
tsekeris@gmail.com
This paper constitutes a concise theoretical introduction to the complex and dynamic relationship between transport investment and sustainable urban and regional development. Its central aim is to explore and critically discuss the socioeconomic effect of transport investment within (i) the urban framework of reference, associated with the classical theory of location, and (ii) the regional framework of reference, associated with macro-economic phenomena, the neoclassical economic theory and the new economic geography. These frameworks are investigated in terms of the relationship between transport and the social and economic inequalities among cities or regions, current methodological advances. It is argued that management strategies may hold a crucial role in the developmental impact of transport improvements. Finally, these improvements cannot always be considered as an efficient tool to reduce regional disparities, so that other types of investment may be supplementarily employed for a more balanced urban and regional development.
Key Words: Transport investment, urban and regional development, social inequalities.
ULAGANJE U TRANSPORT I ODRŽIVI URBANI I REGIONALNI RAZVOJ
Članak predstavlja koncizan teoretski uvod u kompleksan i dinamički odnos između ulaganja u transport i održivog urbanog i regionalnog razvoja. Njegov glavni cilj je da istraži i kritički obrazloži socio-ekonomske uticaje ulaganja u transport u urbanom kontekstu, koji je blizak klasičnoj teoriji lokacije i u regionalnom kontekstu, koji je blizak makroekonomskim pojavama, neoklasičnoj ekonomskoj teoriji i novoj ekonomskoj geografiji. Ovi konteksti se ispituju u smislu odnosa između transporta i socijalnih i ekonomskih nejednakosti u gradovima ili regionima, kao i u smislu aktuelnih metodoloških napredaka. Smatramo da strategije u menadžmentu mogu imati presudnu ulogu u razvojnom uticaju ulaganja u transport. Na kraju, ova poboljašanja se ne mogu uvek smatrati efikasnim sredstvom za smanjenje regionalnih nejednakosti, tako da druge vrste ulaganja mogu biti dodatno primenjene u cilju uravnoteženijeg urbanog i regionalnog razvoja.
Ključne reči: ulaganje u transport, urbani i regionalni razvoj, socijalne nejednakosti
