Economic and Environmental Appraisal of Transport Activities
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Economic and Environmental Appraisal of Transport Activities

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Upon completion of the course delegates will:

  • be familiar with the New Approach to Appraisal (NATA) linked to the sustainability principles of economy, environment and society
  • have an understanding of the principles required for the economic assessment of transport activities as outlined in the NATA Economic Objective and its assessment
  • learn the procedure to compare and rank alternatives using multi-criteria assessment (MCA)
  • understand the economic and environmental appraisal of transport activities
  • understand the assessment of Environment Objective in NATA

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, delegates will:

  • be familiar with the techniques and methods of economic and environmental appraisal, and their application;
  • have an appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of the methods for assessment of transport activity;
  • be able to understand and demonstrate the application of transport appraisal techniques;
  • be able to critically assess the application of methods of transport appraisal.

Course Outline

  • Introduction to sustainability; economy, environment and social objectives.
  • Purpose of appraisal.
  • Introduction to the New Approach to Appraisal (NATA) process, NATA Refresh.
  • Economic Principles in Transport Appraisal.
  • Principles of Discounted Cash Flow, Present Value and Net Present value.
  • Techniques of cost-benefit analysis.
  • Valuation of intangibles.
  • Socio-economic benefit-cost analysis.
  • Economic Objectives:
    • Transport Economic Efficiency;
    • Valuation of time, vehicle operating cost, accidents;
    • COBA Software;
    • TUBA (Transport User Benefit Assessment) Software.
  • Environment Objectives in NATA:
    • Local air quality; problems and solutions; assessment for NATA;
    • Greenhouse gases; problems and solutions; assessment for NATA;
    • Noise; problems and solutions; assessment for NATA;
    • Landscape/Townscape/Biodiversity/Water and other objectives in NATA and their assessment.
  • Multi-criteria assessment (MCA) and comparison and ranking of alternatives.

Presenters

School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Fees

  • Economic and Environmental Appraisal of Transport Activities
    • £975.00 (duration 5 days)

Formal assessment may be available for this Course. Assessment attracts an additional fee of £260.00, and delegates will be issued with a transcript and Certificate of Credit Achieved.

Owing to visa restrictions the assessment option is not available to international students.

Academic Module Outline

This course is also delivered as a Module on at least one of the School's Masters programmes; delegates will attend with full and part time registered students. The Academic Module Outline is available via the University's Module Catalogue.

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