Master of Arts / This work is the history of a particularly singular and strong human enterprise. Until the advent of several more recent interpretative works, Australian transport historiography has heavily emphasised engineering and operational development without examining the contextual social and economic forces. The Manly Ferry, with its unique contribution to the history of Sydney's development as a suburban city, provides a distinctive microcosmic example with which to illustrate the evolution of an urban society - with its emphasis on mobility - in the wake of the industrial revolution.

Master of Arts / This work is the history of a particularly singular and strong human enterprise. Until the advent of several more recent interpretative works, Australian transport historiography has heavily emphasised engineering and operational development without examining the contextual social and economic forces. The Manly Ferry, with its unique contribution to the history of Sydney's development as a suburban city, provides a distinctive microcosmic example with which to illustrate the evolution of an urban society - with its emphasis on mobility - in the wake of the industrial revolution.

Models of port development have hitherto concentrated on landward communications and the organization of maritime space in their explanation of changes in port location and activity. This study demonstrates that the level of economic development in hinterlands together with industrial and marine technology are also significant factors and indeed play leading roles in the process of port evolution. For a deeper understanding of the process of port evolution the case of Upper Norrland's ports has been investigated. An analysis of changes in port distri­bution since 1750 reveals two main processes: dispersion followed by concen­tration. The growth in the number of ports and loading places prior to 1885 was not regular but stepwise, with two rapid increases related to the relax­ation of mercantile restrictions, laissez-faire policies and the diffusion of new industrial activities. The fall in port numbers also corresponds to industrial changes and large-scale rationalizations of industry and transport systems have taken place in association with the economic changes following the two World Wars. The innovation and subsequent decline of new types of forest-based industries appear as a series of waves when their numbers are graphed. Charcoal ironworks, fine-blade water-driven sawmills, steam-powered saws, pulp mills, wallboard factories and paper mills demonstrate the succession of industrial and technological innovations. Clearly, the demand for the products of these industries, their shipping requirements and the physical needs and economics of contemporary transport have been the dominant factors in Upper Norrland's port development. On the basis of these changes, the evolution of the region's port system has been synthesized into the Upper Norrland model. Land communications have nevertheless had an important part to play in sus­taining port dominance at the mouths of the major river valleys, which have acted as corridors of penetration. This investigation shows that these gate­way ports had achieved significance long before the maximum number of scat­tered ports was reached, and it is doubtful whether the situation of a scattering of ports all of a similar status ever existed in reality. Early port dominance was sustained by later transport developments on land and in particular at sea, as river mouths provided the best sites for the construc­tion of outports and deep-water terminals. The long-term seaward migration of port activity and facilities has taken place and the Bottenhamn model demonstrates this process at the local level. The study concludes by putting the Upper Norrland and Bottenhamn models into a wider context. The world-wide influence of colonial powers and maritime nations has led to a diffusion of marine technology, and shipping require­ments must therefore have, prompted similar port developments throughout the world. / digitalisering@umu

Neste trabalho descreve-se o desenvolvimento do Módulo Quadro de Indicadores Operacionais (Módulo QIO) como um sistema de Armazenamento de Dados. Este módulo tem por objectivo disponibilizar informação de planeamento e controlo aos agentes de decisão de empresas de transportes colectivos rodoviários de passageiros. Faz parte integrante do sistema GIST98/EUROBUS - um Sistema de Apoio à Decisão para a área do planeamento. Começam-se por definir os conceitos fundamentais sobre sistemas de Armazenamento de Dados e apresentar métodos adequados para o desenvolvimento deste tipo de sistemas. De seguida apresenta-se o caso de estudo (a construção do Módulo QIO no âmbito do sistema GIST98/EUROBUS), descreve-se o método de desenvolvimento a utilizar na construção do Módulo QIO e, por último, descreve?se a aplicação do método. O trabalho apresentado foi realizado em colaboração com cinco empresas que utilizam ou vão utilizar num futuro próximo o sistema GIST98/EUROBUS. Estas empresas operam diariamente com cerca de 6000 viaturas correspondendo a mais de metade do mercado de transportes colectivos rodoviários de passageiros em Portugal, incluindo Madeira e Açores. / This work describes the development of the Performance Indicators Board Module (PIB Module) as a Data Warehousing system. This module aims to give planning and control information to support the decision making process at mass transit companies. It is part of the GIST98/EUROBUS system - a Decision Support System to the planning area. Firstly are defined the main concepts about Data Warehousing systems and presented methods to develop this kind of systems. Next is presented the study case (the PIB Module construction as a module of the GIST98/EUROBUS system), described the development method to use on the study case and, finally, it is described the method application. This work was done with the support of five companies that are using or will use soon the GIST98/EUROBUS system. Those companies operate daily about 6000 vehicles, corresponding to more than half of the road public transport market in Portugal, including Madeira and Azores.

This Diploma Thesis deals with problems of marketing strategy proposal for the company ZDT spol. s.r.o. – Agriculture and transport machinery Ltd. A marketing strategy proposal based on theoretical knowledge, analysis of the company’s current condition and questionnaire survey is introduced. This proposal should lead to strengthening our position on domestic market, gaining new market outlet and as a result of this to higher sales and profits.