Tackling Transportation Problems around the World
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AROUND THE WORLD Case-studies used in the INTEPOL Project Annex to Final Report from the INTEPOL project CEC Contract n: SOE1-CT97-1057 PUBLIC Project coordinator: Dr. Boelie Elzen Centre for Science, Technology and Society University of Twente, TWRC Bdg, Rm. D319 PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands Partners: University of Twente (Netherlands) Norwegian University of Science and Technology Technical University of Denmark Project starting date: 1 December 1998 Duration: 36 months Date of issue of this report: 10 August 2001
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