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Author:
Round Table on Transport Economics (140th : 2007 : Boston University).
Title:
The wider economic benefits of transport : macro-, meso- and micro-economic transport planning and investment tools.
Publisher:
OECD/ITF,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
204 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Transportation.
Other Authors:
Transport Research Centre.
International Transport Forum.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Other Titles:
Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports.
Notes:
"Transport Research Centre." At head of title: OECD, International Transport Forum. Also available in French under the title: Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports : instruments d'investissment et d'évaluation macro-, méso et micro-économiques. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Recent evolution of research into the wider economic benefits of transport infrastructure investments / by Roger Vickerman -- The wider economic benefits of transportation / by T.R. Lakshmanan -- Wider economic benefits of investments in transport infrastructure / by Jeffrey P. Cohen -- Agglomeration economies and transport investment / by Daniel J. Graham -- Transport infrastructure inside and across urban regions : models and assessment methods / by Börje Johansson -- The broader benefits of transportation infrastructure / by Ian Sue Wig, William P. Anderson and T.R. Lakshmanan -- Progress and challenges in the application of economic analysis for transport policy and decision making : concluding comments for the research roundtable on infrastructure planning and assessment tools / by Glen E. Weisbrod and Brian Baird Alstadt.
Summary:
The standard cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure investment projects weighs a project's costs against users' benefits. This approach has been challenged on the grounds that it ignores wider economic impacts of such projects. At this International Transport Forum Round Table, leading academics and practitioners addressed these concerns and examined a range of potential approaches for evaluating wider impacts - negative as well as positive. They concluded that for smaller projects, it is better to focus on timely availability of results, even if this means forgoing sophisticated analysis of wider impacts. For larger projects or investment programs, customized analysis of these effects is more easily justifiable. Creating consistent appraisal procedures is a research priority.--Publisher's description.
Series:
Round table ; 140
ISBN:
9282101606 (pbk.)
9789282101605 (pbk.)
LCCN:
2008456844
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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