Chapter 1: Public Investment Criteria: A Tentative Specific Survey on the Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Early Years -- Chapter 2: Economic Effects of Mei-Shin and To-Mei Expressways Based on the World Bank Formula of Fifty Years Ago -- Chapter 3: Generalized Benefit-Cost Criteria: Public...

This book shows the necessity of measuring the incidence-basis indirect economic effects of public investments. The essential argument can be traced back to H. Mohring versus J. Tinbergen, the conclusions of one contradicting those of the other. Their arguments are called, respectively,...

This collection includes both classical and recent papers that explore the complex interrelationships between transport, land use and the spatial organization of metropolitan areas. Since land use planning and transportation planning play a major role in shaping these relationships, special...

This important and timely book is at the forefront of the increasing interest in regional competitiveness in the face of ever stronger global forces.

This book aims to offer refreshing contributions to the analysis of spatial and dynamic systems, with a particular view on bottlenecks in the space-economy. The intermediate development field between potential and bottleneck may be approached from different angles and may be covering different...