Introducing public-private partnerships for metropolitan subways in China: what is the evidence?

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-313

  de Jong, Martin ^a   Mu, Rui ^a   Stead, Dominic ^a   Ma, Yongchi ^b   Xi, Bao ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Public private partnerships; Subway construction

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CHINA;

EID: 74849126802     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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