Estimating the Value of Undergrounding Electricity and Telecommunications Networks

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 376-388

  McNair, Ben ^a   Abelson, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NETWORK DESIGN; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; TELECOMMUNICATION; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

EID: 78649706258     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2010.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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