Evaluating High-Speed Rail: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367876210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str.

Daniel Albalate; Germa Bel

Opis

High-speed Rail (HSR) is a technological transportation advance that has raised the interest of policy makers and researchers worldwide. The study of High-speed Rail is a recent phenomenon but has received increasing attention due to the extension of this mode of transportation around the globe. Evaluating High-Speed Rail contains some of

Spis treści

Chapter 1: An evidence-based review of key issues in High-Speed Rail

Chapter 2: The economic evaluation of major infrastructure projects: Notes on HSR projects

Chapter 3: Financial and Social Profitability of HSR in Spain

Chapter 4: Direct and Indirect Effects of High Speed Rail

Chapter 5: High-speed rail services and tourism expansion: the need for cooperation

Chapter 6: HSR and the City: Accessibility to stations and intermodality

Chapter 7: Environmental Performance And Implications Of High Speed Rail

Chapter 8: Environmental Assessment of High Speed Rail

Chapter 9: Reality and opportunities for on-track competition in HSR

Chapter 10: Assessing the high-speed rail competing with airlines: a critical perspective

Chapter 11: High Speed Rail and PPPs: Between Optimization and Opportunism

O autorze

Daniel Albalate is an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Germà Bel is a Full Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain.