Intermodal Freight Terminals

A Life Cycle Governance Framework

By: Jason Monios, Rickard Bergqvist

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Hardcover | 8 June 2016 | Edition Number 1

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234 Pages

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Much work has been done on port governance yet little has addressed inter-modal terminal governance, despite the clear similarities. This book fills that gap by establishing a governance framework for situating analysis of inter-modal terminals throughout their life cycle. It is a version of the product life cycle theory is amended with governance theory to produce a framework covering each stage of the terminal's life cycle, from the initial planning to the many decisions taken regarding the public/private split in funding mechanisms, ownership, selecting an operator, specifying KPIs to the operator, setting fees, earning profit, ensuring fair access to all rail service operators, and finally to reconcessioning the terminal to a new operator, managing the handover and maintaining the terminal throughout its life cycle. This is an institutional analysis of stakeholder relations, situated within a governance framework, illuminates these issues and enables not only conceptualisation and greater understanding of the geography of intermodal transport, but also decision-making and goal-setting by planners and policy makers. This book thus has three functions: first, as a textbook on the planning and operation of intermodal terminals; second, as a presentation of recent empirical research on intermodal terminal governance; third, as a framework for future research in which the broad field of analysis of intermodal transport can be viewed through a single lens and used to inform geographers, policy-makers and planners.

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'What makes this book unique is its focus on the entire life cycle of intermodal freight terminals that incorporates all aspects of terminal development. The book combines both public and private actors' perspectives and issues of governance throughout the intermodal terminal life cycle. A must read for everyone working in this domain!' Cathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 'By taking an approach that explicitly addresses the different phases of terminal development the book provides important new insights. Monios and Bergqvist develop a life cycle framework and illustrate how this can be applied to reduce conflicts and misunderstanding in terminal development and operations. This is a key contribution and should be of essential reading for anyone concerned with intermodal transport.' Michael Browne, University of Westminster, UK

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