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Approaches to Measure Wider Economic Impacts of High-Speed Railway and Experiences from Europe

Event: Conference on Spillover Effects of High-Speed Rail and Quality of Life

Approaches to Measure Wider Economic Impacts of High-Speed Railway and Experiences from Europe

14 November 2018
Author / Speaker: 
Werner Rothengatter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Other materials by the author

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Investments in high-speed rail (HSR) have a long life and generate impacts which often cannot be allocated directly to specific projects. Therefore, conventional cost–benefit analysis is not sufficient to evaluate the overall impacts of HSR. 

Geographical Focus: 
Regional - Europe
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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