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Kenneth J. Button University Professor Director, Center for Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Curriculum Vita Click here for entire CV Education M.A., with Distinction (Economics),University of Leeds B.A., Hons (Economics), University of East Anglia Current Posts 2007 - Member of US Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Advisory Committee. 2006 - Member of the TRB/NRC Committee on Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects of National Significance. 2006-07 - Member of the UK’s ESRC/DfT/SE Transport Research Centre Steering Committee. 2004 - Board Member of Boston University Center for Transportation Studies 2003 - Board Member of University of Sydney Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies 2004 - Professor in Transport Engineering, University of Porto 2003 - Visiting Professor in Applied Economics University of Bologna 2003 - Director of the Aerospace Policy Research Center, George Mason University 1998 - Director, Center for Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics, George Mason University 1997 - University Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University. Honors 2005 - Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award; Transportation Research Forum Recent Publications Books Regional Planning (edited with L. Mann, P. Nijkamp and D. Plane) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp.691. Planning History and Methodology (edited with P. Nijkamp and M. Wegener) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 437. Land Use Planning (edited with P. Nijkamp and H. Priemus) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 519. Transportation Planning (edited with P. Nijkamp and Y. Shiftan) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 642. Environmental Planning (edited with J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and P. Nijkamp) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 636. Handbook of Transport Modelling (2nd ed) (edited with D.A. Hensher) Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 785. 2006 Telecommunications, Travel and Location (with S. Taylor, R. Stough and M. Bragg), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. Planning Modeling (edited with P. Nijkamp and A. Reggiani) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. Social Planning (edited with P. Nijkamp and J. Poon) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. Urban Facilities Planning (edited with L. Kiminami and P. Nijkamp) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. Recent Contributions to Books ‘Extraction of economic rent under various slot allocation approaches,’ in A. Czerny, P. Forsyth, D. Gillen, H.-M. Niemeier (eds) Airport Slots International Experiences and Options for Reform, German Aviation Research Seminar Series No. 3, Ashgate, Burlington, pp.321-344. ‘Auctions - What can we learn from auction theory for slot allocation?’ in A. Czerny, P. Forsyth, D. Gillen, H.-M. Niemeier (eds) Airport Slots International Experiences and Options for Reform, German Aviation Research Seminar Series No. 3, Ashgate, Burlington, pp. 291-310. ‘Shipping industry’ in W.A. Darirty (ed) International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Edition), Macmillan, Detroit, pp.497-499. ‘Legacy effects’ in W.A. Darirty (ed) International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Edition), Macmillan, Detroit, pp.404-405. Air transportation infrastructure in developing countries: privatization and deregulation’, in C. Winston and G. de Rus (eds) Aviation Infrastructure Performance: A Study in Comparative Political Economy, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, pp. 193-221. ‘Europe and developments in the transatlantic air market’, in D. de Jong, B. Kaashoek and W-J Zondag (eds) Blue Skies or Storm Clouds?, Aerlines Magazine Foundation, Amsterdam, pp. 26-31. 2007 ‘Distance and competitiveness – the role of gateways, corridors, and competition, in North American Networks: Gaps and Opportunities, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, pp. 724-738. ‘Índices de calidad de transporte para el anålisis económico de ciudades no metropolianas’, in J.C. Martin, A. Reggiani, and P. Rietveld (eds), Las Redes De Transporte desde un Enfoque Multidisciiplinar, Thomson, Navarra, (with K. Vachal and J. Bitzen) pp. 565-586. ‘Airlines: Sustainable Development in a Transatlantic Context, in P. Rietveld and R. Stough (eds), Institutions and Sustainable Transport: regulatory Reforms in Advanced Economics, Kluwer, Amsterdam, 155-187. ‘Maritime container security: a cargo interest perspective’, in K. Bichou, Bell, M., Evans, A. (eds) Risk Management in Port Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Security , Informa, London (with M. Brooks), pp. 221-236. ‘Transport policy’, in A.M. El-Agraa (ed) The European Union; Economics and Politics (eight edition), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 298-313. ‘The Implications of the commercialization of air transport infrastructure’, in D. Lee (eds) The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing 2, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 171-192. Recent Articles The effects of air transportation on the movement of labor, GeoJournal, Vol.71 No.1, pp. 67-81 (with H.Vega). The economics of shopping mall security, Journal of Transportation Security , Vol.1 No.2 pp.127-139. 2007 Freight transportation quality indices for economic analysis of non-metropolitan cities, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research Vol.7, No.2, pp.129-144 (with K.Vachal and J. Bitzan). The uses of the “temporal-fares-offered curve” in air transportation, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol.46, No.2, pp. 83-100 (with H. Vega). The costs of setting up and operating electronic road pricing in cities’Traffic Engineering and Control, Vol 48 No.6 pp.6-10 (with H.Vega). Ability to recover full costs through price discrimination in deregulated scheduled air transport markets’, Transport Reviews, Vol,27, No.2, pp.213-231 (with A. Costa and C. Cruz). Current Journal Editorships 1996 - Editor-in-chief, Transportation Research D; Transportation and Environment |
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