From projects to strategies: A transaction cost approach to politicians' problems with strategic transport planning

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-232

  Sager, Tore ^a   Ravlum, Inger Anne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Delegation practices; Major transport projects; Politicians and planners; Strategic policy making; Strategic transport planning

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 22744453786     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649350500137077     Document Type: Article

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