Public-private partnerships in international construction : : learning from case studies / / Albert P.C. Chan and Esther Cheung.

• VerfasserIn: Chan, Albert P. C.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cheung, Esther.
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (374 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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

Table of 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