The Economic Geography of the Car Market: The Automobile Revolution in an Emerging Economy

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Bartłomiej Kołsut Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz

The Economic Geography of the Car Market

The Automobile Revolution in an Emerging Economy

Bartłomiej Kołsut, Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz

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English

Routledge
26 September 2022

Development economics; Road transport industries; Economic geography

Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy

"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of long-term changes in the car market of an emerging economy, with a focus on its spatial and temporal dimensions. Poland, the case study in question, represents a unique ""laboratory of automobile revolution"" during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The volume brings to the fore several key aspects of the car market, such as car ownership, markets for new cars, import of second-hand cars, car use, electromobility and environmental impact. Many of them are the subject of a global debate in the context of achieving sustainable development goals. Others, meanwhile, point to the unique nature of transformations related to the car market in Poland. Altogether, consideration of these aspects enriches the international literature with new results and findings that will broaden the field of discussion on the car market onto the emerging economies, especially those of Central and Eastern Europe.

The book combines the results of quantitative and qualitative research. The former is based on a big data set (ca. 40 million vehicles) and the latter on an in-depth social survey (questionnaire interviews with more than 4,000 drivers). The discussion of the geography of automobile revolution is linked to other social, economic and spatial phenomena and processes (e.g. urban sprawl or rural marginalisation; consumer decisions and the evolution of quality of life; and the development of individual entrepreneurship or environmental protection), as well as to transport, tax and customs policies. The analysis of the dynamics of change pays particular attention to the role of ""critical junctures"", such as the collapse of the communist system, EU membership, the world financial crisis (2007–2009) and first period of COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021).

The book will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners dealing with transport research, geography of transportation, spatial economy, urban and regional planning and sustainability studies, and for car hobbyists."

Edited by: Bartłomiej Kołsut, Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 489g
ISBN: 9781032314204
ISBN 10: 1032314206
Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 26 September 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Why is Poland such an intriguing case study of the automobile revolution in an emerging economy? 3. Driving gears of car ownership transformation 4. The market for new cars: Another dimension of the core-periphery pattern 5. The import of second-hand cars: evidence of individual entrepreneurship and social networks 6. Car use and alternative mobility solutions as a reflection of urban sprawl and marginalization of rural areas 7. Hybrid and electric cars: A novelty for the elites or a future ubiquitous good? 8. How the automobile revolution affects the natural environment 9. Conclusions, policy recommendations and future challenges in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Bartłomiej Kołsut is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economic Geography, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz is Professor of Geography and former head of the Department of Economic Geography, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland).