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France: A Centralized Country in between Regional and European Development

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A Billion Trips a Day

Part of the book series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy ((TRES))

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Located in the south-western part of western Europe, France belongs both to the Central Europe and the mediterranean world (Figure 14.1). It is the gateway to the Iberic peninsula and the Channel Tunnel will link it to U.K. France has traditional relations with the Maghreb area too.

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  1. Jean Pierre Orfeuil
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  1. Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Ilan Salomon

  2. Transportation and Traffic Research Department, Ministry of Transport and Public Works, The Netherlands

    Piet Bovy

  3. INRETS, France

    Jean-Pierre Orfeuil

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Orfeuil, J.P. (1993). France: A Centralized Country in between Regional and European Development. In: Salomon, I., Bovy, P., Orfeuil, JP. (eds) A Billion Trips a Day. Transportation Research, Economics and Policy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8118-9_14

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