Physical infrastructure development: balancing the growth, equity, and environment imperatives

Physical infrastructure development: balancing the growth, equity, and environment imperatives

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The key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy are addressed in this book. WILLIAM ASCHER Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College, USA, and the Director of the Pacific Basin ResearchCenter at Soka University of America. CORINNE KRUPP Associate Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at Duke University's Terry Sanford School of Public Policy, USA, and serves as the Director of Graduate Studies of the Sanford School's Master in International Development Policy. INDICE: Rethinking Infrastructure Development; 'W.Ascher' & 'C.Krupp ' - Distributional Implications of Alternative - William Ascher and Corinne Krupp - Beyond Privatization; 'R.Little' - Infrastructure Development in India and China; 'J.Kim' & 'R.Nangia' - Physical Infrastructure as a Challenge for Far-sighted Thinking and Action; 'W.Ascher ' - Transit Transformations; 'R.Cervero'- Urban Reclamation and Regeneration in Seoul, South Korea; 'R.Cervero' - Electrifying Rural Areas; 'C.Krupp' - Infrastructure and Inclusive Development through 'Free, Prior and Informed Consent' of Indigenous People; 'R.Fernholz'

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-33836-4
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 288
  • Fecha Publicación: 14/09/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés