Measuring regional cohesion effects of large-scale transport infrastructure investments: An accessibility approach

European Planning Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-301

  López, Elena ^a   Gutiérrez, Javier ^b   Gómez, Gabriel ^b  

^a Universidad Politecnica de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; INVESTMENT LOCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 38649136323     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701814629     Document Type: Article

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