Urban rail transit PPPs: Survey and risk assessment of recent strategies

Transport Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-231

  Phang, Sock Yong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Public private partnerships; Risk assessment; Urban rail transit

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ARGENTINA; ASIA; BANGKOK; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHINA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MALAYSIA; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MALAYSIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248672592     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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