The cost of the technological sublime: Daring ingenuity and the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Decision-Making on Mega-Projects: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 239-262

  Frick, Karen Trapenberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 73449121650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848440173.00020     Document Type: Chapter

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