The role of project evaluation in transport infrastructure investment in Hong Kong

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yick-fan, Danny Mok
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Project Evaluation ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Investment

Infrastructure Investment in Europe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp-Bastian Brutscher ◽  
Debora Revoltella
Keyword(s):  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Investment Performance ◽  
Returns To Investment ◽  
Budget Consolidation ◽  
Finance Constraints ◽  
European Investment

Using new estimates of infrastructure investment in Europe, this chapter documents a sharp fall in infrastructure investment activities in recent years, with government investment and investments targeted at transport infrastructure being most affected. The chapter discusses a broad range of reasons for the poor investment performance, including budget consolidation efforts—in particular, at the sub-sovereign level—low commercial returns to investment and, in certain market segments, access to finance constraints. The chapter concludes with a description of the role of the European Investment Bank in stimulating more infrastructure investment through its financing activities, its technical advisory assistance, and its input to regulatory and structural reform in Europe.

DOES ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION TECHNOLOGY MATTER TO ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF ROADS?

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (04) ◽  
pp. 561-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMAZ KRAMBERGER ◽  
ANDREJA CURIN
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Efficient Technology ◽  
Toll Collection ◽  
Impact Of Technology

The provision and management of transport infrastructure is extremely important for economic development and economic competitiveness as facilitators of trade. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for governments to publicly fund transport infrastructures given the current economic uncertainty. Revenues from road tolls are thus an important financial source for road investment and management. Financial sustainability in an era of scarce financial resources requires authorities or concessions (under some form of Public–Private Partnership) to adopt some form of maximization of potential toll revenues as well as to benefit the national economy. The role of technology is often overlooked as it can affect financial and economic viability of road infrastructure investment. This paper explores the role and impact of technology such as GNSS and DSRC on cost-benefit outcomes. The results suggest that DSRC technology has the edge in efficient technology in toll collection.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L. F Lee ◽  
Joseph M Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Media System ◽  
System P ◽  
Connective Action ◽  
Integrated Media ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
The Ideal

Chapter 1 introduces the background of the Umbrella Movement, a protest movement that took hold in Hong Kong in 2014, and outlines the theoretical principles underlying the analysis of the role of media and communication in the occupation campaign. It explicates how the Umbrella Movement is similar to but also different from the ideal-typical networked social movement and crowd-enabled connective action. It explains why the Umbrella Movement should be seen as a case in which the logic of connective action intervenes into a planned collective action. It also introduces the notion of conditioned contingencies and the conceptualization of an integrated media system.

Hong Kong University Students’ Normative Beliefs about Aggression toward Police during Social Protests 2019–2020: The Role of Ecological Risks and Future Orientation

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872110141
Author(s):  
Jian-Bin Li ◽  
Catrin Finkenauer
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Ecological Risks ◽  
Normative Beliefs ◽  
Poor Family ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
Delinquent Peers

We examined the association between normative beliefs about aggression toward police (NBAGG→P) and participation in social protests during 2019–2020 and use of aggression among 1,025 Hong Kong university students. We also investigated the role of ecological risks (i.e., distrust in institutions, exposure to community violence, poor family monitoring, poor university discipline and affiliation with delinquent peers) and future orientation in NBAGG→P. The results showed that NBAGG→P was related to more participation in social protests and use of aggression. Ecological risks (except for poor family monitoring) and a positive future orientation were related to more and less NBAGG→P, respectively. Moreover, the “distrust in institutions and NBAGG→P” link was stronger for students with more, rather than less, positive future orientation.

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