The Scarcity Slot

The Scarcity Slot
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Publisher : University of California Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780520343757
ISBN-13 : 0520343751
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Scarcity Slot by : Amanda L. Logan

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa’s deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of ‘the scarcity slot,’ a kind of Othering based on presumed differences in resources. Weaving together archaeological, historical, and environmental data with food ethnography, she advances a new approach to building long-term histories of food security on the continent in order to combat these stereotypes. Focusing on a case study in Banda, Ghana that spans the past six centuries, The Scarcity Slot reveals that people thrived during a severe, centuries-long drought just as Europeans arrived on the coast, with a major decline in food security emerging only recently. This narrative radically challenges how we think about African foodways in the past with major implications for the future.

Allocation of Slots at High Density Airports

Allocation of Slots at High Density Airports
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 600
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ISBN-10 : UCR:31210007713447
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Allocation of Slots at High Density Airports by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation

Airport Slots

Airport Slots
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 9781351959629
ISBN-13 : 135195962X
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Airport Slots by : Achim I. Czerny

Over the past several decades, commercial air traffic has been growing at a far greater rate than airport capacity, causing airports to become increasingly congested. How can we accommodate this increased traffic and at the same time alleviate traffic delays resulting from congestion? The response outside the US has been to set a maximum number of slots and use administrative procedures to allocate these among competing airlines, with the most important consideration being 'grandfather rights' to existing carriers. The United States, on the other hand, has used administrative procedures to allocate slots at only four airports. In all other cases, flights have been handled on a first-come, first-served basis, with aircraft queuing for the privilege of landing or taking off from a congested airport. While recognizing the advantages of slot systems in lessening delays, economists have criticized both approaches as being sub-optimal, and have advocated procedures such as slot auctions, peak-load pricing and slot trading to better utilize congested airports. Edited by an international team of air transport economists and drawing on an impressive list of contributors, Airport Slots provides an extremely comprehensive treatment of the subject. It considers the methods currently used to allocate slots and applies economic analysis to each. The book then explains various schemes to increase public welfare by taxing or pricing congestion, and describes alternate slot-allocation schemes, most notably slot auctions. In addition, Airport Slots outlines the complexities involved in slot-allocation methods, including the requirement for multiple slots - a take-off slot at London Heathrow is useless unless there is a landing slot available at Frankfurt for a London Frankfurt flight. Finally, the book explores the economic pitfalls of slot-allocation schemes; for example, controls may not be required if external delay costs are internalized by a dominant carrier at its hub. Airport Slots provides a valuable contribution to the debate on how best to limit airport congestion. The book's comprehensive treatment of the subject matter provides the reader with a 'one-stop' volume to explore airport congestion and slot-allocation schemes, offering valuable insights to academics and practitioners alike.

Airport Access Problems

Airport Access Problems
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Total Pages : 84
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ISBN-10 : UCR:31210012722748
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Airport Access Problems by : Donald Koran

Aviation Markets

Aviation Markets
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781351956291
ISBN-13 : 1351956299
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Aviation Markets by : David Starkie

Aviation Markets: Studies in Competition and Regulatory Reform is a collection of 17 papers selected from David Starkie's extensive writings over the last 25 years. Previously published material has been extensively edited and adapted, and combined with new material, published here for the first time. The book is divided into five sections, each featuring an original overview chapter, to better establish the background and also explain the papers' wider significance including, wherever appropriate, their relevance to current policy issues. These papers have been selected to illustrate a significant theme that has been relatively neglected thus far in both aviation and industrial economics: the role of the market and its interplay with the development of economic policy in the context of a dynamic but partly price regulated industry. The result provides a strong flavour of how market mechanisms, and particularly competition, can operate to successfully resolve policy issues. The book will be of interest to academics and those engaged in the formulation of aviation policy, such as public administrators and consultants, as well as those working in the aviation industry. It is also relevant to economic studies in a more general context, particularly to students and practitioners in industrial organisation economics, including those studying and researching the public utility industries.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Federal Aviation Regulations
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : MINN:30000004720243
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Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Federal Aviation Regulations by : United States. Federal Aviation Administration

ECMT Round Tables Transport Services The Limits of (De)regulation

ECMT Round Tables Transport Services The Limits of (De)regulation
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 9789282123461
ISBN-13 : 9282123464
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis ECMT Round Tables Transport Services The Limits of (De)regulation by : European Conference of Ministers of Transport

The ECMT Round Table examines the effects and limitations of regulating transport services and examines in particular the factors that necessitate regulation, the role of transaction costs, and the cost of regulation.

Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing

Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9781800375550
ISBN-13 : 1800375557
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing by : Alejandro Tirachini

Taking a comprehensive approach to two central, closely intertwined themes in the field of transport economics, this illuminating Handbook recognizes the critical socioeconomic importance of transport pricing and financing.

Managing Airports

Managing Airports
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 9781000836233
ISBN-13 : 1000836231
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Managing Airports by : Anne Graham

Fully revised and updated to consider recent developments in the industry, the sixth edition of Managing Airports: An International Perspective provides comprehensive and cutting-edge insight into the processes behind running a successful airport. Logically structured and embellished with illustrative diagrams and tables throughout, this edition approaches management topics from a strategic and commercial perspective and provides an innovative and accessible understanding of how modern-day airports are operated. Containing a plethora of global case studies covering a range of different airports from many different parts of the world, the book maintains a balance between coverage of key principles and practice of airport management, together with thorough consideration of current and topical issues. This edition has been updated to include: • New content on the significant economic and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global air transport industry, technological and digital advances, the changing air transport environment, airline developments, net zero goals and evolving markets. • Updated and expanded content on sustainability development and airports’ adoption of sustainable development goals, changes in airline business models, airport digital marketing, the passenger biometric airport journey and airport diversification strategies. • New and updated international case studies to show recent issues and theory in practice. International and multidisciplinary in approach, this edition is a vital resource for students, lecturers and researchers of transport and tourism, and practitioners within the air transport industry.

Airline Competition

Airline Competition
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000015626240
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Airline Competition by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation