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Noise valuation in ex-ante evaluations of major road and railroad projects

Nijland, H. (author), Van Wee, B. (author)

In many European countries, the impact of new road and railroad infrastructure is assessed by performing a cost-benefit analysis, monetising as many relevant effects as possible. Considering that noise is a major external effect of traffic, this paper will systematically review the guidelines for monetising noise in different European countries....

journal article 2008

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Building the Next Generation of Digital Government Infrastructures

Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Chun, S.A. (author), Gil-Garcia, J.R. (author)

Digital Government Infrastructures provide generic functionalities that are used by large numbers of users. Typically, they have no central authority, are governed by networks and contain both emerging and purposefully designed parts. Their use varies over time, and a large number of individuals use them for different purposes. The basic digital...

journal article 2009

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Three theses on the internationalization of infrastructures

Auger, J.F. (author)

Infrastructures become more intertwined, with time, on an international level. This has important consequences on infrastructure technologies, corporate organizations and economic institutions.

journal article 2009

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Public-Private Collaboration: How Private Involvement can Contribute to Network Performance

Leendertse, W. (author), Lenferink, S. (author), Arts, J. (author)

raditionally, in infrastructure planning, private contractors are engaged at the end of the plan development stage on the basis of a request for proposals, after the conceptual design is finished and the main decisions have been made. They are responsible for final engineering and construction and, separately, for maintenance of the...

journal article 2012

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Some approaches to reduce transport time of intermodal services: Smart rail investments

Vleugel, J.M. (author), Bal, F. (author)

Rail intermodal services are an alternative to all-road services if the average transport time offered by these services is at least comparable. One of the determinants of transport time is how well actors in the transport chain cooperate. In this paper it is shown that substantial improvements in rail transport time are possible if these actors...

journal article 2012

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A conceptual framework for road safety and mobility applied to cycling safety

Schepers, P. (author), Hagenzieker, M.P. (author), Methorst, R. (author), Van Wee, G.P. (author), Wegman, F.C.M. (author)

Scientific literature lacks a model which combines exposure to risk, risk, and the relationship between them. This paper presents a conceptual road safety framework comprising mutually interacting factors for exposure to risk resulting from travel behaviour (volumes, modal split, and distribution of traffic over time and space) and for risk ...

journal article 2013

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Innovation with open data: Essential elements of open data ecosystems

Zuiderwijk, A.M.G. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Davis, C.B. (author)

Open data ecosystems are expected to bring many advantages, such as stimulating citizen participation and innovation. However, scant attention has been given to what constitutes an open data ecosystem. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of essential elements of open data ecosystems for enabling easy publication and use of open...

journal article 2014

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Data Infrastructures for Asset Management Viewed as Complex Adaptive Systems

Brous, P.A. (author), Overtoom, I. (author), Herder, P.M. (author), Versluis, A. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)

Data infrastructures represent information about physical reality. As reality changes, data infrastructures might also be subject to change. Researchers have increasingly approached physical infrastructures as being complex adaptive systems (CAS). Although physical infrastructures are often approached as CAS, the underlying data infrastructures...

journal article 2014

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Urban landscape infrastructures: Designing operative landscape structures for the built environment

Nijhuis, S. (author), Jauslin, D.T. (author)

This paper explores infrastructure as a type of landscape and landscape as a type of infrastructure. The hybridisation of the two concepts, landscape and infrastructure, seeks to redefine infrastructure beyond its strictly utilitarian definition, while allowing design disciplines to gain operative force in territorial transformation processes....

journal article 2015

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Towards a line-of-sight, implementation of performance measurement by road agencies: A European and Western Australian perspective

Schoenmaker, R. (author), Van der Lei, T.T.E. (author)

This paper is the result of an international, explorative study of the alignment of government and road authority goals from different European countries and Western Australia. The goal of the study is to advance the understanding of the development of performance management of road agencies. Agencies around the world are using performance...

journal article 2015

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Assessing gaming simulation validity for training traffic controllers.

van Lankveld, G. (author), Sehic, E. (author), Lo, J.C. (author), Meijer, S.A. (author)

Background. The Dutch railway company ProRail is performing large-scale capacity upgrades to their infrastructure network. As part of these upgrades, ProRail uses gaming simulations to help prepare train traffic controllers for new infrastructure situations. Researching the validity of these gaming simulations is essential, since the conclusions...

journal article 2016

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A Matter of Relationships: Actor-Networks of Colonial Rule in the Gezira Irrigation System, Sudan

Ertsen, M.W. (author)

In the first half of the 20th century, colonial rulers, a British firm and Sudanese farmers changed the Gezira Plain in Sudan into a large-scale irrigated cotton scheme. Gezira continues to be in use up to date. Its story shows how the abstract concept 'development' is shaped through the agency of humans and non-humans alike in government...

journal article 2016

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Climate change in asset management of infrastructure: A risk-based methodology applied to disruption of traffic on road networks due to the flooding of tunnels

Huibregtse, E. (author), Morales Napoles, O. (author), Hellebrandt, L. (author), Paprotny, D. (author), De Wit, S. (author)

This paper presents a risk-based method to quantify climate change effects on road infrastructure, as a support for decision-making on interventions. This can be implemented in climate adaptation plans as an element of asset management. The method is illustrated by a specific case in which traffic on a road network is disrupted by the flooding...

journal article 2016

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Joint fact-finding in practice: Review of a collaborative approach to climate-ready infrastructure in Rotterdam

Schenk, T. (author), Vogel, R.A. (author), Maas, N. (author), Tavasszy, L.A. (author)

Joint fact-finding has been advanced as a method for helping stakeholders grappling with technically intensive policy and planning challenges to collaboratively engage in research and arrive at shared sets of facts to inform their decision-making. This paper introduces joint fact-finding and considers its application in the context of...

journal article 2016

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Societal Burden and Engineering Challenges of Ageing Infrastructure

van Breugel, K. (author)

Ageing is an inherent feature of nature and, hence, of materials, structures and systems. Yet, it seems a rather new topic in both science and engineering. The main reason for increasing attention for ageing as a topic is the growing awareness that, particularly in industrialized countries, ageing of our assets is a financial burden for the...

journal article 2017

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Smart cities as a mechanism towards a broader understanding of infrastructure interdependencies

Ersoy, A. (author)

Cities are centres of innovation, but they also face great challenges such as rapid urbanization, climate change and increased pressure on city services. While working in partnership has been considered as an essential element in urban management, the increasing interconnected nature of infrastructure networks has provided opportunities for...

journal article 2017

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How housing, infrastructure and water determined the spatial structure of the Randstad

Priemus, H. (author)

Between 1950 and 1990, housing was the driving force behind the spatial growth of the Randstad. Growth poles (1970s) and later VINEX locations (1990–2010) were the main components of growth management. Transport infrastructure has developed greatly since the 1920s. Since 1990, infrastructure development has increasingly become the structuring...

journal article 2017

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Understanding urban infrastructure via big data: the case of Belo Horizonte

Ersoy, A. (author), Chaves Alberto, Klaus (author)

One major impact of the global economic crisis is the way it has deepened inequalities around the world. Infrastructure remains essential within this debate as it provides wider health, economic and environmental benefits for society beyond the conventional calculations of cash returns. With the potential exploration of big data, cities now face...

journal article 2019

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Polder pumping-station for the future: designing and retrofitting infrastructure systems under structural uncertainty

Timmermans, Jos (author), van Druten, Emiel (author), Wauben, Marcel (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author)

In designing and retrofitting infrastructure systems, engineers are increasingly confronted by uncertainties about the future operating conditions of these systems, stemming from climate change or rapid socio-economic development. Particularly for long-lived capital-intensive infrastructure components like pumping stations, current...

journal article 2020

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Probabilistic life cycle cash flow forecasting with price uncertainty following a geometric Brownian motion

van den Boomen, M. (author), Bakker, H.L.M. (author), Schraven, D.F.J. (author), Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (author)

In the Netherlands, probabilistic life cycle cash flow forecasting for infrastructures has gained attention in the past decennium. Frequencies, volume and unit prices of life cycle activities are treated as uncertainty variables for which an expert-based triangular distribution is assumed. The current research observes the absence of time...

journal article 2020