Emerald: The World’s Leading Publisher of Transport Books

Emerald is a long-established and independent publisher of high quality research with over 42 years of experience in the industry. The company is regarded as the leading publisher in business and management research and many of the books that have been published in 2009 reflect this position. The reputation of the books across the full range of subject areas in which we publish stems from a long history of publishing quality research. Emerald currently publishes over 700 titles comprising 200 journals, nearly 300 books and more than 200 books series as well as an extensive range of online products and services. Its strongly-held philosophy is that research should be both rigorous and relevant to connect the academic world to the world of practice. Emerald's recent acquisition of books and book series consolidate its position as the world's leading publisher of management research whilst making the transition to new and exciting areas such as transport, sociology and politics.

Since a recent acquisition of books in 2008 Emerald can celebrate its position as the leading publisher of transport books which will be consolidated by the publication of 4 new titles over the last quarter of 2009.

The first of these new releases due in September will be the second edition of the 'Handbook of Road Safety Measures'. This revised edition of the handbook provides state-of-the-art summaries, of current knowledge regarding the effects of 128 road safety measures. Covering all areas of road safety it is authoritative and unique in its broad coverage and serves as a comprehensive reference manual for road safety professionals worldwide. October will see the publication of 'Transport Survey Methods - Keeping Up with a Changing World', which looks at timely issues for both passenger and freight surveys, including non-response, data fusion, electronic instruments, location-aware technologies, continuous surveying, adaptive behaviour, and data visualization.

In doing so, the book focuses on providing potential solutions and recommendations for the world community of transport survey specialists to help them address the new challenges they face. Also due in October is 'The Expanding Sphere of Travel Behavior Research' which includes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, held in Kyoto, Japan, in August 2006. The book examines key issues and emerging trends in the expanding field of travel behavior research providing authoritative, state-of-the-art assessments for graduate students as well as researchers and practitioners. Finally, in November Emerald will publish 'Pedestrian Behavior: Models, Data Collection and Applications' which will highlight new and innovative developments in research and modeling approaches and demonstrates the applied potential of models of pedestrian behavior. Chapters written by leading scholars representing different modeling approaches and fields of application clearly document the analysis and modeling of pedestrian movement patterns.

These exciting new books are valuable additions to our broad portfolio of transport titles which includes the Handbooks in Transport edited by David Hensher and Kenneth Button, an acclaimed set of 6 transport handbooks which form a unique reference work that comprehensively covers this many-faceted subject. Comprising specially commissioned chapters from world experts on their topics, the volumes encapsulate the essential knowledge of major areas within transportation. Recent publications also include Recent Developments in Transport Modelling edited by Moshe E. Ben-Akiva, Hilde Meersman and Eddy van de Voorde and Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport edited by Adriaan Perrels, Veli Himanen and Martin Lee-Gosselin.

For more information please visit http://books.emeraldinsight.com.

If you are interested in writing a new book in the transport portfolio and would like to discuss any aspect of the commissioning process, please contact the Commissioning Editor, Claire Ferres via email: cferres@emeraldinsight.com.