Journal article
Road accessibility and cohesion in lagging regions: Empirical evidence from Portugal based on spatial econometric models
Abstract
A number of transportation infrastructure projects were conducted in Europe during the 1990s with the explicit objective of promoting regional cohesion goals through the improvement of the accessibility of peripheral regions. Given its peripheral situation in the Union, Portugal was a key target for some of these projects. A decade later, it is pertinent to ask whether the new infrastructure achieved its objective of promoting lagging regions. …
Authors
Ribeiro A; Antunes AP; Páez A
Journal
Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 125–132
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.03.002
ISSN
0966-6923