Comparing the output of cost benefit and multi-criteria analysis: An application to urban transport investment

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 414-423

  Tudela, Alejandro ^a   Akiki, Natalia ^a   Cisternas, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision making; Multi criteria analysis; Stated preference; Transport environmental impacts; Urban transport investments

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCES; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; STATED PREFERENCE; TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; URBAN TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS;

URBAN PLANNING;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 32944479664     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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