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Chapter 21 Transport and
Interdependence
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UK
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions home page:
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A well-designed and informative site.
Transport main sections include roads, railways, shipping, local transport
and (optimistically) integrated transport. Many of the other main
sections – for example, statistics, planning, regions – also contain
useful information.
http://www.detr.gov.uk/ |
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Port of Rotterdam
home page:
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An informative
port site, including history, photo archive, environmental awareness,
geographical position and statistics of imports and exports. There
are also a port lay-out diagram and, via the news section, fact sheets.
http://www.port.rotterdam.nl/ |
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Port of Singapore
Authority home page:
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A lovely
site! View a panorama of the port (and city) from the top of one of
the container terminal cranes, check out details of the port: photos,
text and statistics of its history, facilities, buildings, services,
cruise ships and much more.
http://www.psa.com.sg/ |
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BAA home page:
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The home page gives access to information about BAA’s UK airports
(Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton)
as well as flight timetables and "live flight arrivals".
The Heathrow section includes a good sub-section on the proposed Terminal
5 development. The "World of BAA" contains much useful general
information including traffic statistics.
http://www.heathrow.co.uk/BAAHome.htm |
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Stockley Park
home page:
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A
London business park in the Western Corridor (near Heathrow), Stockley
Park maintains a large and informative website with maps, occupier
lists, future development plans and an extensive press archive. Stockey
Park was the first business park to develop an overall transport strategy
– in this case, a progressive transport policy aiming to reduce car
usage by encouraging the use of public transport. The transport section
of the site covers car-sharing, cycling and public transport facilities,
plus the public transport links that have been developed in liaison
with local bus companies, etc.
http://www.stockleypark.co.uk/ |
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World Trade Organization
home page:
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A
useful source of information on a variety of trade topics, with
an extensive official document archive and news releases. The research
and analysis section has a good list of links to other sites including
sources of statistical data.
http://www.wto.org/
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Port of London
home page:
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This site is really aimed at the commercial
port user, but there are some parts of general interest – for example,
the port information section has a list of the terminals and their
commodities, the PLA shipping services and a leisure guide (for
small craft using the Thames).
http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/javascr.htm
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Port of Shanghai
site:
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Gives a summary of port information,
container traffic statistics, a map showing the main docks and a
table of the throughput of Chinese ports in 1994 (!)
http://www.ahlers.be/sibelcon/shanghai.htm
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Hong Kong International
Airport at Chek Lap Kok:
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A large and informative site, with maps,
access information, terminal guides (plans of each level!), details
of facilities and a photo gallery. The 'About Hong Kong International
Airport' section contains a history of the project, statistics and
a summary of key facilities.
http://www.hkairport.com/
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