Trading off public values in High-Speed Rail development in China

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-77

  Mu, Rui ^a   de Jong, Martin ^b,c   Ma, Yongchi ^a   Xi, Bao ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; High speed rail; Public values; Trade off; Transport planning

Indexed keywords

HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CHINA;

EID: 84922572382     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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