Rising transport costs and urban development: Hamburg - a city of the future

Abstract

In order to derive a broadbrush picture of the effects of rising transport costs on the prospective urban development of the city of Hamburg, the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) has set up a joint research project together with alstria First German REIT. The present HWWI Policy Paper briefly summarizes the central results of the project and derives policy recommendations with a clear focus on Hamburg. --