A new railway tunnel under Brussels? Assessing political feasibility and desirability with competence-based multi criteria analysis

Geert te Boveldt, Koen Van Raemdonck and Cathy Macharis

Transport Policy, 2018, vol. 66, issue C, 30-39

Abstract: Interjurisdictional infrastructure planning is a complex affair due to the multiplicity of actors representing the jurisdictions, sometimes at several institutional levels. Their priorities are likely to conflict, as the ratio between costs and benefits of infrastructure differs according to place and to scale. Yet, for evaluating strategic decisions, policy makers typically use methods that assess impacts from a single-actor viewpoint, providing little insight in the political feasibility and desirability of projects that cross institutional borders.

Keywords: Multi criteria analysis; Project appraisal; Multi-level governance; Cross-border planning; Multiple stakeholders; Mega-projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.03.002

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