Evaluating high-speed rail : interdisciplinary perspectives

1. An evidence-based review of key issues in high-speed rail / Daniel Albalate and Germa Bel -- 2. The economic evaluation of major infrastructure projects : notes on HSR projects / Gines de Rus -- 3. Financial and social profitability of HSR in Spain / Ofelia Betancor and Gerar Llobet -- 4. Direct and indirect effects of high-speed rail / John Preston -- 5. High-speed rail services and tourism expansion : the need for cooperation / Marie Delaplace and Sylvie Bazin-Benoit -- 6. HSR and the city : accessibility to stations and intermodality / Jordi Marti-Henneberg and Eduard J. Alvarez-Palau -- 7. Environmental performance and implications of high-speed rail / Torben Holvad, Amandine Craps and Javier Campos -- 8. Environmental assessment of high-speed rail / David Hoyos, Gorka Bueno and Inigo Capellan-Perez -- 9. Reality and opportunities for on-track competition in HSR / Paolo Beria and Raffaele Grimaldi -- 10. Assessing the competition between high-speed rail and airlines : a critical perspective / Frederic Dobruszkes, Moshe Givoni, and Catherine Dehon -- 11. High-speed rail and PPPs : between oprimization and opportunism / Yves Crozet.