Contemporary Megaprojects

Contemporary Megaprojects
Author: Seth Schindler
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-08-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1800731531

Contemporary megaprojects have evolved from the discreet, modernist projects undertaken in the past by centralized authorities to encompass everything from large-scale construction to space exploration. Contemporary Megaprojects explores how these projects have been impacted by cutting-edge technology, the private sector, and the processes of decentralization and dematerialization. With case studies ranging from mega-plantations in Southeast Asia to ocean mapping to sports events, the contributions in this collected volume demonstrate the increasing ambition and pervasiveness of these projects, as well as their significant impact on both society and the environment.

Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects

Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects
Author: Majd Musa
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2017-01-20
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317193733

Gulf capital flows to Amman, Jordan, in the early twenty-first century and the investment of this capital in large-scale urban developments have significantly transformed the city’s built environment. Therefore, to understand urban transformation in Amman during this period it is important to analyze it against the backdrop of Gulf capital and its integration into Jordan’s economy and the integration of both the country’s economy and Gulf capital into the global capitalist economy. This book analyzes three cases of megaprojects planned for the city in the early twenty-first century: The New Downtown (Abdali), Jordan Gate, and Sanaya Amman. Drawing upon theories on urban development and capitalism, identity, and discourse, and urban development processes and cases in other cities, the book investigates how contemporary megaprojects in Amman fit into the capitalist economy and its modes of production, how capital flows construct a modern image of the city, and how the new image and megaprojects represent the city residents as modern and create Amman as a global city. This book presents a new approach to the study of the urban built environment in Amman, providing a valuable interdisciplinary contribution to the scholarly work on globalizing cities, especially in the Middle East.

Contemporary Megaprojects

Contemporary Megaprojects
Author: Seth Schindler
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-08-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781800731516

Contemporary megaprojects have evolved from the discreet, modernist projects undertaken in the past by centralized authorities to encompass everything from large-scale construction to space exploration. Contemporary Megaprojects explores how these projects have been impacted by cutting-edge technology, the private sector, and the processes of decentralization and dematerialization. With case studies ranging from mega-plantations in Southeast Asia to ocean mapping to sports events, the contributions in this collected volume demonstrate the increasing ambition and pervasiveness of these projects, as well as their significant impact on both society and the environment.

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management
Author: Bent Flyvbjerg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198732244

This Handbook provides state-of-the-art scholarship in the emerging field of megaproject management. The 25 chapters cover all aspects of megaproject management, from front-end planning to project delivery, including how to deal with stakeholders, risk, finance, complexity, innovation, governance, ethics, project breakdowns, and scale itself.

New York's New Edge

New York's New Edge
Author: David Halle
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022603254X

The story of New York’s west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it’s a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expanding contemporary art scene. The Chelsea Gallery District has become New York’s most dominant neighborhood for contemporary art, and the streets of the west side are filled with gallery owners, art collectors, and tourists. Developments like the High Line, historical preservation projects like the Gansevoort Market, the Chelsea galleries, and plans for megaprojects like the Hudson Yards Development have redefined what is now being called the “Far West Side” of Manhattan. David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso offer a deep analysis of the transforming district in New York’s New Edge, and the result is a new understanding of how we perceive and interpret culture and the city in New York’s gallery district. From individual interviews with gallery owners to the behind-the-scenes politics of preservation initiatives and megaprojects, the book provides an in-depth account of the developments, obstacles, successes, and failures of the area and the factors that have contributed to them.

Megaproject Leaders

Megaproject Leaders
Author: Nathalie Drouin
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-02-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789902975

Megaproject Leaders brings together 18 prominent academics who interviewed 16 great megaproject leaders originating from 10 different countries. Based on a reflective methodological approach, these chapters investigate the managing of megaprojects from a human perspective, identify new trends in the managing of megaprojects and identify lessons learned from the personal views of the interviewees. The novel ideas presented will appeal to academics, practitioners and university students.

Megaprojects and Risk

Megaprojects and Risk
Author: Bent Flyvbjerg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2003-02-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521009461

Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built. It shows, in unusual depth, how the formula for approval is an unhealthy cocktail of underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts and overvalued economic development effects. This results in projects that are extremely risky, but where the risk is concealed from MPs, taxpayers and investors. The authors not only explore the problems but also suggest practical solutions drawing on theory, experience and hard, scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents that illustrate the book. Accessibly written, it will be the standard reference for students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians and interested citizens for many years to come.

Urban Megaprojects

Urban Megaprojects
Author: Gerardo del Cerro Santamaria
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1781905932

This book discusses the economic and political conditions that facilitate megaproject implementation and what are the impacts on urbanity and livability of such costly mode of urban development. It includes contributions from sociologists, planners, geographers and architects making it a truly multidisciplinary project.

Urban Megaprojects

Urban Megaprojects
Author: Gerardo del Cerro Santamaria
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1781905940

This book discusses the economic and political conditions that facilitate megaproject implementation and what are the impacts on urbanity and livability of such costly mode of urban development. It includes contributions from sociologists, planners, geographers and architects making it a truly multidisciplinary project.