Expanding Alaska–Canada Rail: Jointly Visualizing Revenue Freight, Development Cost, Mineral Commodity Value, and Impact of Carbon Dioxide
C Brooks, H Kourous-Harrigan… - Transportation …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent changes in global markets have raised the value of mineral resources in
northwestern Canada and Alaska. The development of these resources depends on the
economics of rail infrastructure expansion. Transportation decision makers need revenue
and cost assessments to plan investment in rail infrastructure. A tool based on a geographic
information system was developed for mineral resource evaluation and visualization. The
tool incorporated expert-augmented mineral resource data for more than 22,000 …
northwestern Canada and Alaska. The development of these resources depends on the
economics of rail infrastructure expansion. Transportation decision makers need revenue
and cost assessments to plan investment in rail infrastructure. A tool based on a geographic
information system was developed for mineral resource evaluation and visualization. The
tool incorporated expert-augmented mineral resource data for more than 22,000 …
[ZITATION][C] Expanding Alaska-Canada rail: Jointly visualizing revenue freight, development cost, mineral commodity value, and CO2 impacts
C Brooks, H Kourous-Harrigan, M Billmire, P Metz… - 2011