Underground or aboveground? Making the choice for urban mass transit systems

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-28

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Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; SPACE RESEARCH; URBAN PLANNING;

INVESTMENT COSTS; URBAN MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS;

MASS TRANSFER;

PROJECT ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0346505326     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(03)00104-4     Document Type: Article

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