Socioeconomic impact of the roads: Case study of the "Eix Transversal" in Catalonia, Spain

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-170

  Obregón Biosca, Saúl ^a   Junyent Comas, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Highways and roads; Impact tests; Land management; Regional development; Social factors; Spain

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FACTORS; HIGHWAYS AND ROADS; IMPACT TEST; LAND MANAGEMENTS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL FACTOR; SPAIN;

ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79959252905     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000048     Document Type: Article

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