2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study on the Development, Possession and Operation ofInfrastructures in the 19th Century UK Public Utility Industries.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23830113
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Economic history
Research Institution	Tezukayama University
Principal Investigator	TOMITA Shin 帝塚山大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (50611810)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	19 世紀イギリス / 公益事業経営史 / インフラ
Research Abstract	The main purpose of this study is to investigate the development of public utilityindustry and its infrastructure management (development, possession and operation), focusing on road, canal, post, railway and telegraph in the 19th century Britain. And we also analyze the reasons why the public utility industry tried to change the infrastructure management. Through this study, we found the following results: relationship was observed between the development of industry and the infrastructure management, but some differences in reactions were observed among the industries according to the characteristics of the industry, stages of development, and its environment. In addition, the government and parliament has adopted the policies suitable for the characteristics of the industries and its environments.