Risk and irreversibility of transport interventions

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-39

  Ramjerdi, Farideh ^a   Fearnley, Nils ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ex ante and ex post; Flexible planning; Path dependency and lock in; Policy package; Risk, uncertainty and irreversibility

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS); RISK MANAGEMENT;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; EX ANTES; FLEXIBLE PLANNING; LOCK-IN; POLICY PACKAGES; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; TRANSPORT SECTORS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84894244884     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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