Impact Assessment and Evaluation in Transportation Planning

Preface. Part A: Transportation Planning: Shifting Boundaries. 1. Transportation Planning: a Theatre of Operations. 2. Need for Decision Support in Transportation Planning. Part B: Impact Assessment in Transportation Planning. 3. Principles of Impact Assessment. 4. A Review of Impact Analysis Methods. 5. Behavioural Impact Models in Transportation Planning. Part C: Case Studies in Transportation Impact Analysis. 6. A Micro-Oriented Inquiry among Entrepreneurs on Regional Impacts of Infrastructure. 7. Infrastructure Endowment and Regional Growth Potential: an Empirical Analysis. 8. Impacts of Infrastructure on Regional Development: Results from a Frequency Analysis. 9. An Explanatory Impact Model for ERDF Expenditures and Regional Development. Part D: Methodology of Evaluation in Transportation Planning. 10. Evaluation and Conflict Analysis in Planning. 11. A Survey of Multiple Criteria Evaluation Methods. 12. A Methodology for Selecting a Tailor-Made Multiple Criteria Method in Transportation Planning. Part E: Applications of Multicriteria Analysis in Transportation Planning. 13. Urban Infrastructure Planning and Historico-Cultural Heritage: an Application of a Qualitative Sign Analysis. 14. Rail Infrastructure Planning and Qualitative Information: an Application of Regime Analysis. 15. Airport Planning and Functional Specialization: an Application of a Nested Regime Method. 16. Location of Parking Facilities in an Historical Town: an Ex Post Multiple Criteria Evaluation. References.   

Professor Dr P. Nijkamp has received the 1996 Spinoza Award, an annual award to honour outstanding scientific merit and to stimulate innovative future research.