{"id":1636,"date":"2023-06-09T19:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/?post_type=course&p=1636"},"modified":"2023-11-14T18:39:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:39:38","slug":"%cf%83%cf%85%ce%b3010","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/courses\/%cf%83%cf%85%ce%b3010\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport Economics"},"author":6,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"semester":[40],"course_type":[14],"class_list":["post-1636","course","type-course","status-publish","hentry","semester-40","course_type-specialization"],"acf":{"code":"\u03a3\u03a5\u0393010","semester":40,"level":"1","teaching_activities":{"activity_1":{"description":"Lectures","weekly_hrs":4,"ects":5},"activity_2":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_3":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_4":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_5":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""}},"type":14,"language":"\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac","erasmus":"\u038c\u03c7\u03b9","url":"","prerequisites":"","instructors":"","coordinator":"","content":"Transportation and financial activities, transport systems, road, railway, air and maritime transport,\r\ntransportation enterprises, effects of globalization, state monopolies, liberalization, privatization,\r\nelasticities, normal, inelastic and derivative demand, financial planning and accounting analysis of\r\ntransport companies, construction and operational cost, combined transportation systems, logistics\r\nin freight transport, definition and characteristics of transport demand forecasting models,\r\nassessment of the predictive capability of a model, targets of the commercial policies of transport\r\ncompanies, public service obligations, pricing policies of transport companies, evaluation methods of\r\ntransportation projects, sensitivity and risk analysis, multi-criteria and financial analyses of\r\ntransportation projects, public-private partnership for the construction of transportation projects,\r\ntransportation companies in Greece.","goals":"Upon completing this course students should be able to collect data and classify construction and\r\ncash flows of a transportation system or enterprise, combine the above data to predict cost elements\r\nnecessary for the construction or improvement of a transportation system or enterprise, implement\r\nthis knowledge for determining the financial demands for the foundation and operation of\r\ntransportation system or enterprise, to assess the efficiency of the invested funds, analyze the\r\ncomponents and operations of transportation system or enterprise, to clarify, to classify and\r\nprioritize the, according to cost and criteria of function, compose the sum of individual cost\r\nestimates into a single framework of cash flow, anticipating future changes, running parallel with\r\nalternative scenarios, evaluate, justify and argue for the best investment in a of transportation\r\nsystem or enterprise, taking into account socio-economic, technical and environmental criteria.","skills":"The course contributes to the following skills:\r\n_Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology\r\n_Adapting to new situations\r\n_Decision-making\r\n_Project planning and management\r\n_Respect for the natural environment.","teaching_methods":"Face to face.","ict_usage":"Powerpoint presentations, e-learning platform for\r\neducational material","teaching_organization":{"activity_1":{"description":"Lectures","workload":52},"activity_2":{"description":"Individual study","workload":78},"activity_3":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_4":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_5":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_6":{"description":"","workload":""}},"students_evaluation":"Final written exam (100%) which includes:\r\n- Open ended questions\r\n- Problem solving questions (exercises)\r\nThe evaluation criteria are presented in the 1st lecture of\r\nthe semester to all students. Furthermore, each student can see his graded exam\/ written assignment paper and talk on\r\nthe analysis of his written performance with the professor.","bib_textbooks":"