Research Catalog

Title

The wider economic benefits of transport : macro-, meso- and micro-economic transport planning and investment tools.

Author

Round Table on Transport Economics (140th : 2007 : Boston University)

Publication

Paris : OECD/ITF, c2008.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Transport Research Centre.
• International Transport Forum.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Description

204 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

The standard cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure investment projects weighs a project’s costs against users’ benefits. This approach has been challenged on the grounds that it ignores wider economic impacts of such projects. At this International Transport Forum Round Table, leading academics and practitioners addressed these concerns and examined a range of potential approaches for evaluating wider impacts – negative as well as positive. They concluded that for smaller projects, it is better to focus on timely availability of results, even if this means forgoing sophisticated analysis of wider impacts. For larger projects or investment programs, customized analysis of these effects is more easily justifiable. Creating consistent appraisal procedures is a research priority.

Series Statement

Round table ; 140

Uniform Title

• Round table (Transport Research Centre) 140.
• Round table (Transport Research Centre) no.140.

Alternative Title

• Round table 140
• Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports.

Subject

Transportation

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "Transport Research Centre."
• At head of title: OECD, International Transport Forum.
• Also available in French under the title: Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports : instruments d'investissment et d'évaluation macro-, méso et micro-économiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Summary of Discussions -- Recent Evolution of research into the Wider Economic Benefit of Transport Infrastructure Investments -- The Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation -- Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport -- Agglomeration Economies and Transport Investment -- Transport Infrastructure inside and across Urban Regions -- The Broarder Benefits of Transportation Infrastructure -- Progress and Challenges in the Application of Economic Analysis for transport Policy and Decidion Making.

ISBN

• 9789282101605 (pbk.)
• 9282101606 (pbk.)

OCLC

243607905

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library