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Title	RESTRUCTURED UPPER MISSISSIPPI-ILLINOIS RIVER WATERWAY: FEASIBILITY STUDY
Accession No	00979149
Corp. Authors / Publisher	National Research Council
Publication Date	20040000
Description	53 p.; Appendices(3); References
Languages	English
Abstract	This is the first of 3 reports from the National Research Council (NRC) Committee to review the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) Feasibility Study. The Committee's assignment was to provide advice on the Corps' UMR-IWW System Navigation Feasibility Study. This report was written after the committee's review of several documents provided by the Corps and after a briefing by the Corps in early September 2003, and represents the Committee's initial impressions of the restructured feasibility study. The report comments on certain components of the Corps' feasibility study: 1) a spatial equilibrium model and the ESSENCE model, both developed to help forecast future grain shipment levels, transport modes, and costs on the UMR-IWW; 2) managing waterway congestion on the UMR-IWW; 3) integrated systems planning; and 4) decisions, implementation, and institutions.
TRT Terms	Commodity flow ; Econometric models ; Feasibility analysis ; Freight handling ; Freight transportation ; Inland water transportation ; Inland waterways traffic
Geographical Terms	Mississippi River
Identifier Terms	National Research Council (National Academies); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Subject Areas	M04 CARGO AND MATERIALS HANDLING
ISBN	0309091330
Availability	National Academies Press Find a library where document is available Order Document: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309091330
URLs	Document: http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10873
TRIS Files	MRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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