This study examines the quality of life of the elderly residents of two rural Nebraska towns, both having experienced a large increase in population. The study examines how the residents' perception of changes in the community affect their view of quality of life, and identifies determinants of psychological well-being for these elderly residents. The results are compared to the non-elderly res...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has identified the four phases of disaster related planning as mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery. The recovery phase is characterized by activity to return life to normal or improved levels. Very little research considers the recovery phase, which encompasses restoring services and rebuilding disaster stricken areas of the highway tra...

In recent years, some sadly famous terrorist attacks that occurred in different countries have put into evidence that railway transportation systems are not suitably protected, and not capable of tolerating and promptly reacting to them. Moreover, it is clear that such mass transportation systems are particularly attractive for terrorists, due to the potentially far-reaching, often “spectacular...

Recently, new approaches with commercial high-resolution satellite imagery in the engineering application domains have been attempted. Among them, uses of remotely sensed imagery linked with GIS-T (Geographic Information Systems for Transportation) or transportation geography are regarded as one of prospecting issues. As the matter of facts, most transportation applications are needed real-time...

The modelling of land use change is a way to analyse future scenarios by modelling different future pathways. This study demonstrates the potential to explore and test the understanding of land use change relations by applying spatial data of different scales, coupled with socio-economic data. In the EU-FP7 research project PASHMINA (Paradigm Shift modelling and innovative approaches), three st...

For accessibility analysis, an integrated view encompassing the networks for public and private transport modes as well as the activity programs of travellers is essential. In earlier research, the supernetwork has been put forward by the authors as a suitable technique to model the system in such an integrated fashion. An essential part of a supernetwork model for multi-modal and multi-activit...

Improving the accessibility of coal transportation is a crucial issue for energy security, national defense, and livelihoods. In this study, method to evaluate performance port-centric chain (PCTC), which part international production delivery process, proposed. After analyzing features chain, practical evaluation model established based on gravity model. Both foreland hinterland are considered...