Policy and planning for large-infrastructure projects: Problems, causes, cures

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 578-597

  Flyvbjerg, Bent ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 34547216864     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b32111     Document Type: Article

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