TRANSPORT CORRIDORS: CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Sustainability

There can be two broad objectives of transport corridor development: to improve efficiency in the transport and logistics processes in the corridor, and to generate economic development in the corridor region, capitalizing on improved connectivity and transport networks. This paper focuses on the second objective of corridor development. A transport corridor can become a tool for spatially balanced and more sustainable economic development and human well-being in the corridor region. Considering the promise of this approach, this paper undertakes a critical review of transport infrastructure development studies undertaken in Sub-Saharan and South Asian countries to find evidence of infrastructure development impacts. Evidence gathered from the review suggests that transport infrastructure development can have significant positive impacts on economic growth, income, poverty, employment, equity, and inclusion. However, there can be important trade-offs between economy and welfare and ...

Policy Research Working Papers, 2018

2019

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2022

2015

Transport has long been considered central to urban and regional development, and to the concept of economic growth in general. The establishment of trade routes is an essential prerequisite for the expansion of market ranges. And as settlements grow, an efficient internal organisation of infrastructures is key to facilitate the efficient movements of people and goods. Distance and density remain the two most fundamental concepts in urban development theory. But of course today’s cities and regions are vastly different from the places we used to live in as little as fifty years ago and consequently the relationship between transport infrastructures and economic development has been dramatically redefined over the last half century. As we have moved from Fordist to post-Fordist and post-industrial production and consumption structures, wealth creation as a whole has become an increasingly complex and de-materialised concept. Successful modern economies are less and less based on heav...

Integrated Spatial and Transport Infrastructure Development, 2016

Journal of Regional Science, 2019

2009

" Nothing symbolizes or serves the integration of Europe better than the physical linking of transport systems and nothing is more important for the development of the applicant countries than the achievement of efficient infrastructures". This idea is present in the Treaty of the EU when it mentions the possible EU cooperation with third countries in promoting network infrastructure projects of mutual interest.

ICSS XXI 21st International Conference on Social Sciences, 2020

Transport corridors and their socioeconomic impact have been analyzed and explored in many cases. In the transport sector, there is a series of problems that affect the quality of life of the inhabitants in different regions. These issues need to be analysed and to find the cause and consequences that they cause and hinder the further development of the region initially and subsequently affect the national level. Moreover, roads as a construction structure have a very important role in the economic development of a country. They enable quick and convenient transportation of people to settlements as well as the economical transport of goods. The geographical position of the places, the natural beauties, and the sea are a prerequisite for tourism development. But in many cases, the natural and attractive attractions for tourists remain unused due to the lack of roads or the existence of a poor road network. The inspiration for the development of this topic comes from the daily observation of the transport situation and from receiving information through various publications such as studies, strategies or thematic books, discussions with colleagues and various events related to this sector. The research is focused on a specific case that can combine the theoretical part with the real situation to confront them both between using a specific methodology. The aim of this paper is to extract some of the reasons for regional development and energizing. As a case study is taken a part of route 7, in the Balkan peninsula which connects Albania with Kosovo and Serbia. Discussions on the construction of a highway between Albania and Kosovo are early, they were born on the eve of the First World War in Austria-Hungary. Even in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a discussion about building a road that would have to connect two locations. Based on this, it looks a good reason to search more and to analyse some effects of it in the social and economic life of citizens and residents of the impacted areas.