Transport infrastructure and sustainability: a new planning and assessment framework

Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-153

  Newman, Peter William ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cities; Infrastructure assessment; Planning; Sustainable development; Transport; Urban fabric

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PLANNING; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; CITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; TOWN PLANNING; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PLANNING; URBAN FABRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOMOBILE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; TOWN PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84942106515     PISSN: 20466099     EISSN: 20466102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SASBE-05-2015-0009     Document Type: Article

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