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Public-private partnerships in international construction : learning from case studies / Albert P.C. Chan and Esther Cheung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chan, Albert P. C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public-private sector cooperation.
- Public-private sector cooperation--Case studies.
- Construction projects--Finance.
- Construction projects.
- Public works--Finance.
- Public works.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (374 p.)
- Edition:
- 1 ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the last ten years public private partnerships have become ever more popular worldwide, expanding the body of experience among construction professionals, government agencies, and industry. In these economically challenging times, PPP has emerged as a crucial framework for providing infrastructure, and also to boost construction industry activity, while shielding the taxpayer from some of the cost. Understanding the lessons learnt is essential to ensuring the success of future projects, and this timely book will prepare the reader to do just that.Starting by defining PPP
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Foreword by Sr Stephen Lai; Abbreviations; PART I Public-private partnership principles; 1 Fundamentals and features of public-private partnership; 2 Financial models for public works projects; 3 The development of public-private partnership internationally; PART II Practitioners' perspective on public-private partnership; 4 Different perspectives on procuring public works projects; 5 Attractive and negative factors of procuring public works by public-private partnership
- 6 Implementing public-private partnership projects7 An evaluation model for assessing the suitability of public-private partnership; 8 Risk factors of public-private partnerships; PART III Public-private partnership case studies; 9 Innovative social PPP projects; 10 Learning from less successful cases; 11 Public-private partnerships in the developing world; Epilogue; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781138233744
- 1138233749
- 9780203736661
- 0203736664
- 9781135008109
- 1135008108
- 9781135008116
- 1135008116
- OCLC:
- 869525016
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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