Analyzing Influencing Factors of Financing Decision for Urban Rail Transit Projects Using DEMATEL Approach

Financing behavior, based on the financing decision made by the owner of urban rail transit projects, will directly affect the capital cost of its operation and the construction schedule of the project. This paper intended to combine financing demand and financing options with the project construction schedule, quality and investment management, and based on DEMATEL methodology, to identify and sort the factors that constraining the financing behavior and financing structure in rail transit financing and then systematically analyze them. On this basis, the paper kept “Fund Timely Raised and Cost Lowest” as the objective and proposed an optimum framework in response to the financing structure under multi factors.