Ranking the substantive problems in the Dutch Cost-Benefit Analysis practice

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-255

  Mouter, Niek ^a   Annema, Jan Anne ^a   van Wee, Bert ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Cost benefit analysis; Perceptions of key participants; Substantive problems; Transport project appraisal

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; LARGE PARTS; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM ANALYSIS; PROJECT EFFECTS; SUBSTANTIVE PROBLEMS; TRANSPORT PROJECTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PERCEPTION; RANKING; RESEARCH METHOD; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84874001547     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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