Political risk in light rail transit PPP projects

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Smith, Nigel J ^a   Gannon, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public private partnerships; Railway systems; Risk probability analysis

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; POLITICAL BENEFITS; PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; PUBLIC-SECTOR PROJECTS; RAILWAY SYSTEM;

INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 58049098649     PISSN: 17514304     EISSN: 17514312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/mpal.2008.161.4.179     Document Type: Article

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