Impact Assessment and Evaluation in Transportation Planning

✍ Scribed by Peter Nijkamp, Eddy Blaas (auth.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Leaves: 250
Series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Impact Assessment and Evaluation in Transportation Planning contains a refreshing approach to transportation planning by integrating impact analysis and evaluation methodology. It is original in that impact assessment and evaluation are brought together in a coherent framework. It is novel in the history of transportation science and particularly suitable as a pedagogical text, since methodologies are illustrated with various case studies and examples. It is particularly suitable for practitioners and students who want to become acquainted with conflict analysis and plan/project evaluation in the area of transportation planning.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Transportation Planning: A Theatre of Operations....Pages 3-19
Need for Decision Support in Transportation Planning....Pages 21-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Principles of Impact Assessment....Pages 35-50
A Review of Impact Analysis Methods....Pages 51-70
Behavioural Impact Models in Transportation Planning....Pages 71-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
A Micro-Oriented Inquiry Among Entrepreneurs on Regional Impacts of Infrastructure....Pages 89-101
Infrastructure Endowment and Regional Growth Potential: An Empirical Analysis....Pages 103-121
Impacts of Infrastructure on Regional Development: Results from a Frequency Analysis....Pages 123-134
An Explanatory Impact Model for ERDF Expenditures and Regional Development....Pages 135-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Evaluation and Conflict Analysis in Planning....Pages 147-167
A Survey of Multiple Criteria Evaluation Methods....Pages 169-191
A Methodology for Selecting a Tailor-Made Multiple Criteria Method in Transportation Planning....Pages 193-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Urban Infrastructure Planning and Historico-Cultural Heritage: An Application of a Qualitative Sign Analysis....Pages 207-211
Rail Infrastructure Planning and Qualitative Information: An Application of Regime Analysis....Pages 213-221
Airport Planning and Functional Specialization: An Application of a Nested Regime Method....Pages 223-229
Location of Parking Facilities in a Historical Town: An Ex Post Multiple Criteria Evaluation....Pages 231-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-252

✦ Subjects

Regional/Spatial Science; Economic Policy

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