Title & Author:

Highway investment in developing countries.

Publication:

London : T. Telford, 1983.

Description:

202 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Subtitle: Proceedings of the conference "Criteria for planning highway investment in developing countries", sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities and the Institution of Civil Engineers, organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held at the Café Royal Conference Centre, London, on 17-18 May 1982.
"Published for the Institution of Civil Engineers"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Economic appraisal of the require transport infrastructure for land-locked countries and external financing constraints / P Cabanius (4 p.). -- Assessing road investment strategies in Argentina / C.J Holland (6 p.). -- Toll road and road user charges applications in developing countries / S.K Hammerton (6 p.). -- Road user charges : some implications of charge policy / R.D Jarvis (4 p.). -- Leading issues in aiding road development / M.B Grieveson (6 p.). -- Methods of highway project evaluation in the national transportation plans of the Southern Cone countries of Latin America / I Thomson (6 p.). -- Method of estimating construction costs on large rural projects over varying terrain in developing countries / W.K Cross (10 p.).
A new approach to setting highwat design standards / N.A Parker (6 p.). -- Institutional aspects of rural road projects / O.J Rahkonen (8 p.). -- The choice of appraisal techniques when resources are limited : a case study of the rural roads programme in Peninsular Malaysia / J.D Smith (8 p.). -- The development of priorities for rural roads / P.R Cornwell (10 p.). -- The economics of overlay design and road rehabilitation / R.L Mitchell (6 p.). -- Rural transport policy in developing countries / G.A Edmonds (6 p.). -- The impact of feeder road investment on accessibility and agricultural development in Ghana / John L Hine (6 p.). -- Identification of priority schemes : the Sudan example / S.P Goodwin (4 p.). -- The building of tracks and secondary roads / A Berrens (4 p.). -- An appraisal of highway maintenance by contract / C.G Harral (10 p.). -- Criteria for assessing rehabilitation and reconstruction techniques in Ivory Coast / B Bamba (6 p.). -- Highway survey, inventory, and maintenance procedures in Jamaica / D.P Powell (6 p.). -- Evaluation of flexible road pavements in Kenya / F.J Gichaga (8 p.). -- Urban transport investment criteria for developing countries / N.D Lea (8 p.). -- Urban roads and traffic in Cairo / A.K.F Lashine (12 p.). -- The costs of traffic accidents and the valuation of accident-prevention in developing countries / P.J Hills (8 p.).

ISBN:

0727701630
9780727701633

Subject:

Roads Economic aspects Developing countries Congresses.
Roads Developing countries Cost effectiveness Congresses.
Roads Developing countries Finance Congresses.
Roads Cost effectiveness
Roads Economic aspects
Roads Finance
Developing countries

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Commission of the European Communities.
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 129038
Call No.: W16016; ID:86-B6738
Status: Available