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Book Review: The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation

This book is a welcome addition to the field of cost-benefit analysis in transportation. It contains individual contributions from 20 or so respected academics, each describing a separate field of study. I have seldom seen a fuller and more holistic approach to cost and benefits in transportation research.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Managing risk together
Purchasing theory... I have to admit it's not one of my particular strongholds, but several of my re[...]
Flexing your SCM muscles
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Managing Risk and Security
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Book Review: Procurement Risk
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REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Engineering transportation lifelines
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America’s Crumbling Infrastructure
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from HERE and THERE
Resilience Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake
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Christchurch earthquake...again!?!
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