Series | Studi e ricerche
Volume 29 | Edited book | Priorities for the Sustainability of Maritime and Coastal Passenger Transport in Europe
Priorities for the Sustainability of Maritime and Coastal Passenger Transport in Europe
open access-
edited by
- Silvio Nocera - Università Iuav di Venezia, Italia - email
- Raffaele Pesenti - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
- Igor Rudan - University of Rijeka, Croatia - email
- Srđan Žuškin - University of Rijeka, Croatia - email
Abstract
Maritime transport is both a major source of environmental pollution and a great opportunity for reducing road traffic. Moreover, for some Mediterranean countries, maritime transport offers a way to improve cross-border connectivity. However difficult this may be, improving maritime passenger transport is one way to increase cross-border connectivity and, in some cases, reduce the use of private cars. For this reason, the European Union is pursuing an intensive policy in support of the sustainable development of maritime transport, working on many fronts, including the strengthening of EU legislation on this topic, technical and financial support to reducing emissions from international shipping, investments for the improving of port facilities and infrastructures, involving national governments and regions in the definition of roadmaps and new targets towards 2050. There are many possible directions for improving maritime transport: ship technologies, port management, interchange connectivity, transit planning, and so on. The goal of this book is to collect rigorous contributions about what are currently considered to be the main areas of improvement to be pursued in cross-border maritime passenger transport. The book opens with an overview of EU policies on maritime and coastal transport. In the following chapters, a series of analyses and tools are proposed whose systematic application can significantly contribute to improving maritime passenger transport. This book was conceived within the framework of the MIMOSA project (Maritime and Multimodal Sustainable Passenger Transport Solutions and Services, Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia CBC Programme 2014-20). The project is focused on the improvement of cross-border connectivity between Italy and Croatia by tackling the common challenge of increasing multimodality and reducing the impact of transport on the environment.
Keywords Transport service quality • EUSAIR • Sustainable passenger transport • Maritime planning • European Territorial Cooperation • Structural equation modelling • EU Cooperation Programme • Travel demand analysis • Port management • Environmental impact of transport • Statistical research methodology • Travellers behaviour • Kano Model • Maritime transport • Cross-border passenger transport • Theory of planned behaviour • Maritime transport systems • Level of service • Maritime tourism • Transport environmental strategy • Maritime passenger transport • Cross-border transport • Travel choice determinants • Transport policies and planning • Cross-border transport and mobility • Bibliometric review • Sustainable mobility • Multimodal passenger transport • Travellers’ behaviour • Maritime passengers transport • INTERREG Italy-Croatia • EU cross-border policy • Maritime passenger services • Behavioural analysis
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-617-6 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-617-6 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-618-3 | Published Sept. 9, 2022 | Submitted June 15, 2022 | Language en, it
Copyright © 2022 Silvio Nocera, Raffaele Pesenti, Igor Rudan, Srđan Žuškin. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
