Multicriteria analysis of the financial feasibility of transport infrastructure projects in Hungary

INFOR

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-126

  Bekefi, Zoltan ^a   Kiss, Laszlo Nandor ^b   Tanczos, Katalin ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effects of major infrasrtucture projects; Financial feasibility; Infrasrtucture assessment; Infrastructure development; Investment apprisal; Multicriteria evaluation; Non quantifiable effects; Public private partnership; Social economic efficiency

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242497249     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.2003.11732671     Document Type: Review

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