Transportation Amid Pandemics: Practices and Policies

Transportation Amid Pandemics: Practices and Policies is the first reference on pandemics (especially COVID-19) in the context of transport, logistics, and supply chains. This book investigates the relationships between pandemics and transport and evaluates impacts of COVID-19 and effects of policy responses to address them. It explores how to recover from pandemics, reveals governance for immediate policy responses and future innovations, suggests strategies for post-pandemic sustainable and resilient development, shares lessons of COVID-19 policymaking across countries, and discusses how to transform transport systems for a better future. Transportation Amid Pandemics offers transport researchers and policymakers the scientific evidence they need to support their decisions and solutions against pandemics.   Represents the collective efforts of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) Uniquely deals with intertwined issues of pandemics and transport Investigates both successful and problematic policy measures Emphasizes bvidence-based policymaking from cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary perspectives Transfers lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to future generations   INDICE: Message from a Bridging Actor between WCTRS and the Club of Rome Preface INTRODUCTION Pandemics and Transport: Recording the History of Fights PART I PANDEMICS Historical overview of pandemics The public health challenges of COVID-19 PART II IMPACTS, ASSOCIATIONS AND RESPONSES The impacts of the built environment factors and population mobility on the spread of COVID-19 during its initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: A case of China Impacts of COVID-19 on the transport sector in China: Facts and insights from early stages Impacts of COVID-19 on the economy and the transportation system in Germany Impacts of COVID-19 on transport and responses to pandemic control in the Philippines Changes in mobility and challenges to the transport sector in Brazil due to COVID-19 PART III LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS Epidemic prevention and control and countermeasures based on cold chain link: the experiences of cold chain logistics in China Urban logistics and COVID-19 Freight operations in the European Union during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country comparison Short-run impacts of COVID-19 on the maritime and port sector: Measures and recommended policies Longer-run policy measures on COVID-19 for the maritime and port sector: Plans and recommendations The impact of COVID-19 on air cargo logistics and supply chains PART IV RESPONSES TO DISTANCING POLICIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT Changes in activity organization and travel behavior choices in the United States Social contact patterns and changes at leisure/tourism activity settings during COVID-19 period: An international comparison A cross-country analysis of behavioral changes due to social distancing policies in response to COVID-19 The impact of COVID-19 and social distancing on social capital - Discussion based on the results of a survey in Japan Restriction of public transport services as a part of COVID-19 containment policies Comparing mobility, behavior, and public transit's pandemic adaptation in New Zealand and U.S. cities Impacts of COVID-19 on public transportation in urban India Passengers' perception of COVID-19 countermeasures on urban railway in Bangkok PART V FOR PANDEMIC RECOVERY The resilience of national highway transportation in China under the pandemic of COVID-19 Tourism policy responses to COVID-19 and first-stage tourism recovery in China The recovery of long distance mobility after COVID-19: What can we expect? Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on carbon emissions from the road transport sector in China Contagion spread modeling in transport networks and transport operation optimizations for containing epidemics like COVID-19 COVID-19 and big data technologies: Experience in China PART VI FUTURE TRANSFORMATION Collective thoughts about the COVID-19 pandemic and transport from a worldwide expert survey From crisis management to sustainable and inclusive transport: Leveraging COVID-19 to improve public transport services in Asia Putting Gender Equality in the Core of Covid-19 Recovery A proposal of a mobility vision toward post-Corona era The transport policy response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK Governance for post-COVID-19 carbon reduction: A case study of the transport sector Governance, COVID-19 responses and lessons on decision-making in uncertainty CONCLUSIONS Policy recommendations and future challenges

• ISBN: 978-0-323-99770-6
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés