Critical Assessment Indicators for Measuring Benefits of Rural Infrastructure Investment in China

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 176-183

  Shen, Liyin ^a   Lu, Weisheng ^b   Peng, Yi ^a   Jiang, Shijie ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Critical assessment indicators; Fuzzy set theory; Investment; Monte Carlo simulation; Rural infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS;

BUSINESS PRACTITIONERS; CHINA; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT INDICATORS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS (MCS); QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE;

INVESTMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

CHINA;

EID: 84863407773     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000066     Document Type: Article

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