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Technical and Economic Evaluation of River Navigation

KORYTÁROVÁ, J.; HROMÁDKA, V.; DUFEK, Z.; VÍTKOVÁ, E.

Original Title

Technical and Economic Evaluation of River Navigation

English Title

Technical and Economic Evaluation of River Navigation

Type

Chapter in a book

Original Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to introduce a possible solution to water freight transport in the Czech Republic. In the beginning, the transport trends in freight transport have been outlined, the advantages and disadvantages of the national water transport have been described, the commodities suitable for water transport have been mapped, and the actual demand for water transport has been estimated. Next part discusses possibilities of evaluation of the economic efficiency of waterway projects by CBA method. Various approaches to the creation of financial and economic cash flows, based on which the investment project is decided, have been described. Finally, other related benefits and losses that are not considered by current methodological approaches, however, which can generate significant cash flow items for the calculation of efficiency indicators, have been discussed.

English abstract

The aim of this chapter is to introduce a possible solution to water freight transport in the Czech Republic. In the beginning, the transport trends in freight transport have been outlined, the advantages and disadvantages of the national water transport have been described, the commodities suitable for water transport have been mapped, and the actual demand for water transport has been estimated. Next part discusses possibilities of evaluation of the economic efficiency of waterway projects by CBA method. Various approaches to the creation of financial and economic cash flows, based on which the investment project is decided, have been described. Finally, other related benefits and losses that are not considered by current methodological approaches, however, which can generate significant cash flow items for the calculation of efficiency indicators, have been discussed.

Keywords

Water transport; Waterways; CBA; Benefits and losses; Efficiency

Key words in English

Water transport; Waterways; CBA; Benefits and losses; Efficiency

Authors

KORYTÁROVÁ, J.; HROMÁDKA, V.; DUFEK, Z.; VÍTKOVÁ, E.

RIV year

2020

Released

26.06.2019

Publisher

Springer, Cham

Location

Cham

ISBN

978-3-030-18362-2

Book

Assessment and Protection of Water Resources in the Czech Republic

Edition

Springer Water

Pages from

379

Pages to

401

Pages count

23

URL

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-18363-9_16

BibTex

@inbook{BUT157502,
  author="Jana {Korytárová} and Vít {Hromádka} and Zdeněk {Dufek} and Eva {Vítková}",
  title="Technical and Economic Evaluation of River Navigation",
  booktitle="Assessment and Protection of Water Resources in the Czech Republic",
  year="2019",
  publisher="Springer, Cham",
  address="Cham",
  series="Springer Water",
  edition="1",
  pages="379--401",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-030-18363-9\{_}16",
  isbn="978-3-030-18362-2",
  url="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-18363-9_16"
}