Institutional Approach to the Göta kanal

A Nineteenth-Century Infrastructure Mega-Project

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Björn Hasselgren, Bjorn Hasselgren

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This book is based on an institutional evolutionary theoretical view to the Göta kanal. Canals were the major transport infrastructure system besides roads and maritime transport until railroads were introduced.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-11-24
Mått148 x 210 x 8 mm
Vikt172 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor108
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031444180

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Björn Hasselgren is a guest researcher in the Economic History Department of Uppsala University, Sweden and has a Ph.D. in planning and decision analysis from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has extensive experience from senior positions in the transport infrastructure sector and the Sveriges Riksbank. His last book, Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale: An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.

1.The development of Transport Infrastructure Systems.- 2. Göta kanal and the “canal-age” – the literature.- 3. Göta kanal – the major Swedish Canal – and an example of the Canal era - a brief introduction.- 4. Different perspectives on Göta kanal.- 5. Göta kanal and the iron industry in the adjoining regions – an example of interrelations and interdependencies.- 6. Conclusions and analysis.