Cost overruns and demand shortfalls in urban rail and other infrastructure

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-30

  Flyvbjerg, Bent ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost overrun; Cost underestimation; Demand shortfall; Economic risk assessment and management; Urban rail

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COST OVERRUN; COST UNDERESTIMATION; DEMAND SHORTFALL; ECONOMIC RISK ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC RISK MANAGEMENT; URBAN RAIL;

RAILROADS;

BENCHMARKING; COST; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33847708603     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060701207938     Document Type: Article

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