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31 March 2020
This publication explains how bioengineering can be successfully applied to improve different forms of infrastructure while providing various socioeconomic and ecosystem benefits.
26 March 2020
Women, especially poor women, are disproportionately impacted by corruption at the point of access for basic public services, justice, and security. This presentation shows new data and key figures that demonstrate how some forms of corruption disproportionately affect women.
23 March 2020
The paper attempts to understand the dynamics of how infrastructure investments enhance the liveability of city dwellers. Analyzing data from 20 Asian countries the paper analyzes the effect of public and private investment in transport infrastructure to the city’s liveability index.
18 March 2020
In recent years, there have been a lot of discussions and debates about the decision to develop the high-speed rail (HSR ) system in Viet Nam. This article describes work undertaken to provide a better understanding of the competitiveness of HSR over other modes of transport and what might be done…
18 March 2020
This paper introduces the Spatial and Social Equity Railway Indexes to assess the variation in travel times, the number of connections, prices and population affected by these changes.
18 March 2020
Examining the case of high-speed rail (HSR )serviced city pairs of Milano-Torino and Roma-Salerno in Italy, this paper attempts to understand and explore the relationship between megacity formation and High-Speed Rail deployment. The paper proposes a model to explain the mechanisms through which…
18 March 2020
The paper evaluates different types of high-speed rail (HSR)nnetwork planning, design, and operations associated with their urban forms. The practitioner-centric research offers a fine-grained dissection of the sophistication of HSR planning, design, and operations associated with the city’s form…
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…
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.