The Evaluation of Transportation Investment Projects

ISBN-13: 9780415777155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 426 str.

Berechman Joseph

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'Berechman has written a technically sound and highly practical guide that could substantially improve the quality of assessments of transportation investment projects.' Jonathan Gifford (George Mason University, USA)

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Joseph Berechman