Physical infrastructure development

William Ascher

""This book makes important contributions to the critical debate on how to achieve sustainable infrastructure development, by balancing the sometimes conflicting concerns over economic growth, environmental protection, and social equity. I highly recommend this publication to both academics as well as practitioners who want to better understand the wide-ranging challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in fostering effective public-private sector partnerships for infrastructure development."--Tom Zearley, Lead Operations Officer (retired), World Bank" ""This book offers indispensable advice to governments at all levels---in both developed and developing countries---about the complex endeavor of planning, adopting, and maintaining new, physical infrastructure projects. Contributing authors explore problems that are too frequently downplayed by governments ... Their careful...