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An analysis of road accidents caused by the current road infrastructure in Romania [PDF]
Journal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable SocietyThe scientific paper presents in a concrete and elegant way an analysis of how the poor quality and insufficiency of the current road infrastructure in Romania negatively influences road safety.
Gheorghe Neamțu, Marinela Ință
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SYSTEMIC INDICATORS OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AT ACCIDENT CLUSTERS
Architecture and Engineering, 2020 Introduction: To study road infrastructure and ensure control over its changes during its use, it is required to introduce a concept of indicator, which is a parameter or characteristic of road infrastructure facilities’ state.
Elena Kurakina +2 more
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The road infrastructure development impact on the economy of the region [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The subject of the research is the road infrastructure development; the purpose of the study is to analyze the road network of the region as an element of its road infrastructure, to analyze the development of the road infrastructure using quantitative ...
Lykova Оlesia
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New road infrastructure: The effects on firms [PDF]
Journal of Urban Economics, 2019 Abstract This paper estimates the impact of new road infrastructure on employment and labour productivity using firm level longitudinal data for Britain. Exposure to transport improvements is measured through changes in accessibility, calculated at a detailed geographical scale from changes in minimum journey times along the road network.
Stephen Gibbons +3 more
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Identifying critical elements of road infrastructure using cascading impact assessment
Transport, 2020 Road transport is a key means of transporting people and cargo on land. Its particular advantages are speed and operability, which are balanced, however, by dependence on road infrastructure.
David Rehak +3 more
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Prioritization of road projects — A disutility based approach
Transport, 2002 In order to boost the economic growth India has initiated a massive road infrastructure development programme. However, due to serious constrains in financial resources, non-availability of adequate technical manpower, institutional constraints etc., it ...
Bhargab Maitra, Moen Azmi, S. N. Ibrahim
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HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 2019 In recent contributions to the emerging anthropology of infrastructure, the issue of agency often plays the role of the proverbial elephant in the room—an area that most scholars are reluctant to engage with. In this paper we highlight the implicit dichotomization between human and non-human that characterizes this body of literature.
Rest, M. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6025-2686 +1 more
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Investing in Public Infrastructure: Roads or Schools? [PDF]
IMF Working Papers, 2017 Why do governments in developing economies favor roads rather than schools in public investment scale-ups? We study this question using a dynamic general equilibrium model and argue that the different pace at which roads and schools contribute to economic growth, public debt intolerance, and political myopia are central to this decision.
Manoj Atolia +3 more
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The impact of ODA in constructing road traffic infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth [PDF]
Journal of Project Management, 2021 The study examines the impact of official development assistance (ODA) in constructing road transport infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth. The authors select gross domestic product (GDP) to represent economic growth and test the influence of ODA ...
Dang, Thanh Cuong +4 more
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Integrating Disaster Management Planning into Road Infrastructure Asset Management
, 2021 Climate change presents challenges for road infrastructure asset managers, with uncertainty about the impacts of increasingly frequent and intense disasters on asset functionality and life span. Budgeting for disaster response and recovery are improving,
Caldera, Savindi +4 more
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