Infrastructure investment: An engineering perspective

Infrastructure Investment: An Engineering Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-238

  Carmichael, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPERATING COSTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85054385208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17654     Document Type: Book

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