Social efficiency benchmarking of Japanese domestic transport services: A comparison of rail and air

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 554-561

  Ha, Hun Koo ^a   Yoshida, Yuichiro ^b   Zhang, Anming ^c  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modal choice; Social efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS;

AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING UNIT; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION; MODAL CHOICE; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT METHODS; SOCIAL EFFICIENCY;

TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PANEL DATA; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SERVICE PROVISION;

JAPAN;

EID: 79960838797     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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