1

Introduction

(PDF - 1.3MB)

2

System Performance

(PDF - 1.5MB)

3

Basic Economic Concepts

(PDF - 4.0MB)

4

Public Perspective: Economic, Environmental and Social Concerns

(PDF - 1.6MB)

5

Comparing Strategies for Improving System Performance

(PDF)

6

The Panama Canal

(PDF - 2.1MB)

7

Equivalence of Cash Flows

(PDF)

8

Choosing a Discount Rate

(PDF)

9

Comparing Costs and Benefits

(PDF)

10

Rules of the Game: Taxes, Depreciation and Regulation

(PDF - 2.2MB)

11

Developing a Strategy to Deal with a Problem

(PDF)

12

Public-Private Partnerships

(PDF - 4.9MB)

13

Dealing with Risks and Uncertainties

(PDF)

14

Managing Projects and Programs

(PDF)

(PDF - 2.1MB)

15

Toward More Sustainable Infrastructure

(PDF - 4.9MB)

16

Final Thoughts

(PDF - 1.3MB

L1

Introduction and motivation; Initial discussion of project

(PDF)

L2

Introduction to public and private projects, evaluation methods and project evaluation checklists

(PDF)

L3

Stakeholder analysis and multi-attribute analysis

L4

Project costs and revenues; Stakeholder perspectives (public vs. private)

(PDF)

L5

Time value of money; Equivalence relationships

(PDF)

L6

Discount rates, minimally acceptable rate of return (MARR), rate of return on investment (IRR)

(PDF)

L7

Benefit cost analysis; Comparing alternatives; Financial and economic analysis

L8

Financing

L9

Case: Panama Canal

L10

High speed rail (HSR) case

(PDF)

L11

Term projects from previous years

L12

Quiz review

L13

Quiz (open-book, open-note)

L14

HSR Case (cont.)

(PDF)

L15

Introduction to uncertainty, stakeholder analysis and Mitchell framework

L16

Dealing with uncertainty

(PDF)

L17

Dealing with uncertainty: Decision trees

L18

Dealing with uncertainty: Real options

L19

Case: Spent nuclear fuel, transportation to Yucca Mountain, Nevada

L20

Project evaluation in developing countries, Case: Pure Home Water in Africa

Guest lecturer: Susan Murcott

(PDF - 8.7MB)

L21

Public private partnerships

L22

Infrastructure banks

L23

Project presentations

L24

Project presentations (cont.)

L25

Project presentations (cont.)

L26

Wrap-up and summary

1.1

(PDF) (Courtesy of John Wiley & Sons. Used with permission.)

Read: Moore, Malcolm, and Peter Foster. "China to Create Largest Mega City in the World with 42 Million People." The Telegraph, January 24, 2011.

1.2

(PDF) (Courtesy of John Wiley & Sons. Used with permission.)

2

(PDF) (Courtesy of John Wiley & Sons. Used with permission.)

3.1

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3.2

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4

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