Assessment of cross-border spillover effects of national transport infrastructure plans: An accessibility approach

Transport Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-536

  López, Elena ^a   Monzón, Andrés ^a   Ortega, Emilio ^a   Quintana, Santiago Mancebo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING; GIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449497590     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640802627974     Document Type: Article

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