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Spillover Effect of Mode Shift of Intercity Travel: Does the Introduction of High-Speed Rail Plays a Role

18 March 2020
High-speed rail (HSR) infrastructure has experienced a rapid development in many countries over the past decades. However, to what the extent the development of HSR influences mode shift of intercity travel and whether the new infrastructure will have any spillover effects? The paper intends to…

Estimating Direct, Indirect, and Induced Employment from Highway Construction in India

18 March 2020
Highway construction is a major employment generator across the world. Assessing four highway projects located in two distinct provinces, the paper illustrates a methodology to develop estimates of employment generation from highway construction in emerging economies like India.

Assessing the Wider Economic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Investment with an Illustrative Application to the North-South High-Speed Railway Project in Viet Nam

18 March 2020
The paper aims to propose a mechanism to capture the spillover effects of transport infrastructure by identifying the employment agglomeration impact of transport investments through a measure of the change in effective employment density.

Exploring a Dynamic Relationship between Transportation Strategies and Community Liveability: A Case of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

18 March 2020
The paper assesses the spatial dimensions by considering the evolution of the conurbation in four phases, and by looking at cumulative causation of the sequence of impacts of maritime, road, rail, air and ITeS communication networks on liveability within the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in India.

Urban Transportation Systems in Selected Small Developing Island States: A Comparative Analysis

18 March 2020
The paper performs a multi-criteria comparative analysis of urban transportation systems in capital cities of selected Small Island Developing States sharing similar socio-economic characteristics. To identify knowledge gaps and guide the design and evaluation of future transport investments the…

High-Speed Rails and Knowledge Production: A Global Perspective

18 March 2020
This ongoing research aims to develop empirical macro-economic evidence for the effect of high-speed rails (HSRs) on Knowledge Production at an international scale. The objectives are to study associations and test the potential causal relationship between HSR development and the country’s patent…

President Masa meets RISE local communities in Indonesia

2 March 2020

Local Stakeholders Contributed to the New Go Vap Cultural Park Concept

20 February 2020

Gender-Equitable Design for Microfinancial Services and WASH Infrastructure

16 February 2020

The City as a Sponge

6 February 2020
This presentation discussed flood risk management in the context of Sponge Cities, an initiative that addresses increasing flood risk in urban areas, as well as urban water management and urban renewal.