Incorporating equity considerations in transport infrastructure evaluation: Current practice and a proposed methodology

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Thomopoulos, N ^a   Grant Muller, S ^a   Tight, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Equity; Transport appraisal

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350688106     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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