Joseph Berechman

The Evaluation of Transportation Investment Projects

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book constructs a comprehensive and methodical economic, planning and decision-making framework for the evaluation of proposed transportation infrastructure investment projects, based on well-established theoretical principles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780415777155
• ISBN-10: 0415777151
• Artikelnr.: 27034910

Autorenporträt

Joseph Berechman

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Objectives, Scope and Structure. 2. The Policy Framework of
Project Evaluation. 3. Welfare Foundations of Project Appraisal. 4.
Transportation Benefits from Infrastructure Improvements. 5. Measuring the
Costs of Transportation Investment Projects. 6. Methods of Project
Cost-Benefit Analysis. 7. Traffic Flow, Congestion and Infrastructure
Investment. 8. Measurement of Benefits from Transportation Improvements:
Computational Issues. 9. Risk and Uncertainty in Transportation Project
Evaluation. 10. Financing Transportation Investment Projects. 11.
Transportation Improvements and Equity. 12. Environmental and Safety
Externalities. 13. Transportation Investments and Economic Development. 14.
Alternative Methods of Project Selection. 15. Why Are Inferior
Transportation Investment Projects Selected? Notes. References. Index.