Substance precedes methodology: On cost-benefit analysis and equity

Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 959-974

  Martens, Karel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Equity; Justice; Mobility; Net benefits

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS AND COSTS; EQUITY; EQUITY ANALYSIS; JUSTICE; NET BENEFITS; PARTICULAR DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL DECISION; TRANSPORT PROJECTS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUITY; METHODOLOGY; MOBILITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 80255123872     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-011-9372-7     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Adler, M. D., Posner, E. A. (eds.): Cost-Benefit Analysis: Legal, Economic and Philosophical Perspectives. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago (2001).
2. Bae, C.-H. C., Sandlin, G., Bassok, A., Kim, S.: The exposure of disadvantaged populations in freeway air-pollution sheds: a case study of the Seattle and Portland regions. Environ. Plan. B: Plan. Des. 34(1), 154-170 (2007).
3. Beatley, T.: Equity and distributional issues in infrastructure planning: a theoretical perspective. In: Stein, J. M. (ed.) Public Infrastructure Planning and Management, pp. 208-226. Sage, Newbury Park (1988).
4. Benenson, I., Martens, K., Rofé, Y., Kwartler, A.: Public transport versus private car: GIS-based estimation of accessibility applied to the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. The Ann. Reg. Sci. 1-17 (2010).
5. Blumenberg, E. A.: Engendering effective planning: spatial mismatch, low-income women, and transportation policy. J. Am. Plan. Assoc. 70(3), 269-281 (2004).
6. Boucher, D., Kelly, P. (eds.): Social Justice: From Hume to Walzer. Routledge, London (1998).
7. Brainard, J. S., Jones, A. P., Bateman, I. J., Lovett, A. A., Fallon, P. J.: Modelling environmental equity: access to air quality in Birmingham, England. Environ. Plan. A 34(4), 695-716 (2002).
8. Brent, R. J.: Applied Cost-Benefit Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham (1996).
9. Bristow, A. L., Nellthorp, J.: Transport project appraisal in the European Union. Transp. Policy 7(1), 51-60 (2000).
10. Cain, A., Jones, P.: Does urban road pricing cause hardship to low-income car drivers? An affordability based approach. In: 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC (2007).
11. Campbell, H. F., Brown, R. P. C.: Benefit-Cost Analysis: Financial and Economic Appraisal Using Spreadsheets. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2003).
12. Cass, N., Shove, E., Urry, J.: Social Exclusion, Mobility and Access. Sociol. Rev. 53(3), 539-555 (2005).
13. Cebollada, À.: Mobility and Labour Market Exclusion in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. J. Transp. Geogr. 17(3), 226-233 (2008).
14. Dong, X., Ben-Akiva, M. E., Bowman, J. L., Walker, J. L.: Moving from Trip-Based to Activity-Based Measures of Accessibility. Transp. Res. Part A: Policy Pract. 40(2), 163-180 (2006).
15. Fischer, T. B.: Strategic Environmental Assessment in Transport and Land Use Planning. Earthscan, London (2002).
16. Forkenbrock, D. J., Schweitzer, L. A.: Environmental justice in transportation planning. J. Am. Plan. Assoc. 65(1), 96-111 (1999).
17. Frank, R. H.: Why is cost-benefit analysis so controversial? In: Adler, M. D., Posner, E. A. (eds.) Cost-Benefit Analysis: Legal, Economic and Philosophical Perspectives, pp. 77-94. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago (2001).
18. Geurs, K. T., Boon, W., van Wee, B.: Social impacts of transport: literature review and the state of the practice of transport appraisal in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Transp. Rev. 29(1), 69-90 (2009).
19. Geurs, K. T., van Wee, B.: Accessibility evaluation of land-use and transport strategies: review and research directions. J. Transp. Geogr. 12(2), 127-140 (2004).
20. Gunn, H. F.: An introduction to the valuation of travel-time savings and losses. In: Hensher, D. A., Button, K. J. (eds.) Handbook of Transport Modelling, pp. 433-448. Elsevier, Amsterdam (2000).
21. Handy, S. L., Niemeier, D. A.: Measuring accessibility: an exploration of issues and alternatives. Environ. Plan. A 29(7), 1175-1194 (1997).
22. Hill, M.: Planning for Multiple Objectives: An Approach to the Evaluation of Transportation Plans. Regional Science Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA (1973).
23. Hine, J. P., Mitchell, F.: Better for everyone? Travel experiences and transport exclusion. Urban Stud. 38(2), 319 (2001).
24. Holland, A.: The assumptions of cost-benefit analysis: a philosopher's view. Available via http://www. lancs. ac. uk/users/philosophy/awaymave/onlineresources/assumption%20of%20cost-benefit%20analysis%20_a%20holland_. pdf. Accessed 31 May 2006, TWP 96-09 (1996).
25. Ihlanfeldt, K.: Intra-urban job accessibility and Hispanic youth employment rates. J. Urban Econ. 33(2), 254-271 (1993).
26. Jara-Diaz, S. R.: Allocation and valuation of travel time savings. In: Hensher, D. A., Button, K. J. (eds.) Handbook of Transport Modelling. Pergamon, Oxford (2000).
27. Johansson-Stenman, O.: Distributional weights in cost-benefit analysis: Should we forget about them? Land Econ. 81(3), 337-352 (2005).
28. Kaufmann, V., Bergman, M. M., Joye, D.: Motility: mobility as capital. Int. J. Urban Reg. Plan. 28(4), 745-756 (2004).
29. Kelman, S.: Cost-benefit analysis: an ethical critique. In: Donaldson, T., Werhane, P. H., Cording, M. (eds.) Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach, pp. 559-564. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (2002).
30. Kolm, S.-C.: Modern Theories of Justice. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (1996).
31. Kwan, M.-P.: Gender and individual access to urban opportunities: a study using space-time measures. Prof. Geogr. 51(2), 210-227 (1999).
32. Kwok, R. C. W., Yeh, A. G. O.: The use of modal accessibility gap as an indicator for sustainable transport development. Environ. Plan. 36(5), 921-936 (2004).
33. Levinson, D.: Identifying winners and losers in transportation. Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board 1812, 179-185 (2002).
34. Lichfield, N.: Cost benefit analysis in town planning: case study Swanley. Urban Stud. 3(3), 215-249 (1966).
35. Lucas, K.: Running on Empty: Transport, Social Exclusion and Environmental Justice. Policy Press, Bristol (2004).
36. Mackie, P. J., Jara-Diaz, S., Fowkes, A. S.: The value of travel time savings in evaluation.Logist. Transport. Rev. 37(2-3), 91-106 (2001).
37. Martens, K.: Basing transport planning on principles of social justice. Berkeley Plan. J. 19, 1-17 (2006).
38. Martens, K.: Integrating Equity Considerations into the Israeli Cost-Benefit Analysis: Guidelines for Practice. Israeli Ministry of Transport, Tel Aviv. Available via http://radboud. academia. edu/KMartens/Papers/952496/Martens_K._1997_Integrating_Equity_Considerations_into_the_Israeli_Cost-Benefit_Analysis_Guidelines_for_Practice._Israeli_Ministry_of_Transport_Tel_Aviv (2007).
39. Miller, D.: Principles of Social Justice. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (1999).
40. Mills, G. S., Neuhauser, K. S.: Quantitative methods for environmental justice assessment of transportation. Risk Anal. 20(3), 377-384 (2000).
41. Mishan, E. J.: Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis. George Allen and Unwin, London (1976).
42. Morello-Frosch, R., Pastor, M., Sadd, J.: Environmental justice and Southern California's "riskscape": the distribution of air toxics exposures and health risks among diverse communities. Urban Aff. Rev. 36(4), 551-578 (2001).
43. Needham, B.: Planning, Law and Economics: The Rules We Make for Using Land. Routledge, London (2006).
44. Nordhaus, W. D.: Review: a review of the "stern review on the economics of climate change". J. Econ. Lit. 45(3), 686-702 (2007).
45. Nozick, R.: Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Basic Books, New York (1974).
46. Pucher, J., Dijkstra, L.: Making walking and cycling safer: lessons from Europe. Transp. Q. 54(3), 25-50 (2000).
47. Rietveld, P., Rouwendaal, J., van der Vlist, A.: Equity issues in the evaluation of transport policies and transport infrastructure projects. In: van Geenhuizen, M., Reggiani, A., Rietveld, P. (eds.) Policy Analysis of Transport Networks, pp. 19-36. Aldershot, Ashgate (2007).
48. Sadurski, W.: Giving Desert Its Due: Social Justice and Legal Theory. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht (1985).
49. Sager, T.: Footloose and forecast-free: hypermobility and the planning of society. Eur. J. Spat. Dev. 2005(17), 1-23 (2005).
50. Sayers, T. M., Jessop, A. T., Hills, P. J.: Multi-criteria evaluation of transport options-flexible, transparent and user-friendly? Transp. Policy 10(2), 95-105 (2003).
51. Schade, W., Mackie, P. J., Nellthorp, J., Burgess, A., Renes, G.: Methodological advances in project assessment within a european context. Report within the Framework of the FP5 IASON Project (Integrated Appraisal of Spatial Economic and Network Effects of Transport Investments and Policies) (2004).
52. Schofield, J. A.: Cost-Benefit Analysis in Urban and Regional Planning. Allen & Unwin, London (1987).
53. Schweitzer, L., Stephenson, M.: Right answers, wrong questions: environmental justice as urban research. Urban Stud. 44(2), 319-337 (2007).
54. Schweitzer, L., Valenzuela, A.: Environmental injustice and transportation: the claims and the evidence. J. Plan. Lit. 18(4), 383-398 (2004).
55. Sen, A. K.: The discipline of cost-benefit analysis. In: Adler, M. D., Posner, E. A. (eds.) Cost-Benefit Analysis: Legal, Economic and Philosophical Perspectives, pp. 95-116. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago (2001).
56. Smith, D. M.: Geography and Social Justice. Blackwell, Cambridge (1994).
57. Stern, N.: The economics of climate change. Am. Econ. Rev. 98(2), 1-37 (2008).
58. Stoll, M. A.: Geographical skills mismatch, job search and race. Urban Stud. 42(4), 695-717 (2005).
59. Walzer, M.: Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality. Basic Books, New York (1983).
60. Williams, R. W.: The contested terrain of environmental justice research: community as unit of analysis. Soc. Sci. J. 36(2), 313-328 (1999).
61. Young, I. M.: Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (1990).