Analysis of factors influencing the development of transport infrastructure until the year 2030 - A Delphi based scenario study

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1373-1387

  Schuckmann, Steffen W ^a   Gnatzy, Tobias ^a   Darkow, Inga Lena ^a   von der Gracht, Heiko A ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Futures studies; Long range planning; Real time Delphi; Scenario; Transport infrastructure

Indexed keywords

FUTURES STUDIES; LONG RANGE PLANNING; REAL-TIME DELPHI; SCENARIO; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

COMPETITIVENESS; DELPHI ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBALIZATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; LONG RANGE FORECAST; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84866033778     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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