This volume presents the most robust and useful methodology for the derivation of investment criteria for the evaluation and planning of public investment projects – public investment criteria. The methodological approach solves inherent defects of traditional methodology, namely an ad hoc...

Chapter 1: A.A. Batabyal (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA), Y. Higano (University of Tsukuba, Japan), and P. Nijkamp (JADS, The Netherlands) Introduction to “Rural-urban dichotomies and spatial development in Asia.” -- Chapter 2: Yana Rodgers, (Rutgers University, USA) Domestic...