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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Mega projects"”.
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Mega projects - strategic design management, time for a new framework.
In a complicated and fierce, ever-changing economy, the built environment sector endeavours to work with-, coordinate- and advise key stakeholders; more focus is required on coordination and communication for the management of the iterative design process and intensely apparent. Lead Management …
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Assessing Economic, Social, Political and Environmental Issues Related to Mega-projects: A case study of Merowe Dam in Sudan
… 2006). Many developing countries have used mega-dams as a source of electricity generation and water supply for irrigation, urban and industrial uses. Dams are still preferred as the primary strategy to pursue economic development, which has been reinforced by increasing levels of …
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Impact of Delivery Method on Stakeholder Issues and Involvement Practices in Mega Projects: Evidence from Fixed Crossing Case Studies
As the scale and scope of infrastructure projects have increased, so too has the array of stakeholders either involved or impacted. Such projects often take years to come together and evolve with time through the actions of project sponsors and the engagement of various stakeholders. Stakeholders …
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Globalisation and urban development: a case study of Dubai’s Jumeirah Palm Island mega project
Mega projects have become an important new development strategy in globalizing cities, and a new or emerging form of development in economic, technological, social and political life, influenced by global flows of capital. Despite being acknowledged as an important factor in globalizing economies, …
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Introverted architecture and the human dimension : the conflict of placemaking in the disconnected urban fabric of Doha, Qatar
… a metropolis of disconnected inward-facing mega-projects with no regard to the remaining fabric of the city. This can be owed to the relatively short urbanization period that the country has undergone, with its heavy reliance on international firms. The consequence is a city that has lost …
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Mega-project politics : the evolution of Lahore's first BRT corridor
… have emerged in the form of mass transit mega-projects, particularly BRT mega-projects. Most of the recent research on BRT adoption predominantly attributes these increasing investments to the changing nature of urbanization and associated increases in demand for public transport, as well …
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Evaluating the diverse impacts of megaprojects : the case of Forest City in Johor, Malaysia
Large urban megaprojects costing billions of US dollars, erected with the promise of great economic benefits but controversial due to their environmental and social impacts, are becoming more common throughout the world. Most popular in the Middle East and in Asia, such projects exemplify how …
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Transport-- development : impact study of the London-Stockholm Corridor
Large-scale transport infrastructure projects are designed to enhance the rate of economic growth and income distribution of regions they link. They are often constrained by various social, economic, environmental and financial considerations. Projects are usually evaluated by economic and …
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Chinese Speed
… into lived experiences of state-funded mega-projects and the cultural impacts of infrastructure. Specifically, I look into the high-speed rail (HSR) as the literal and symbolic connecting feature of the Jing-Jin-Ji megaregion proposed in the 2035 Beijing Master Plan. I study the …
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Strategic risks to sustainability in infrastructural megaprojects
The proponents of the infrastructural megaprojects promise much but often fail to deliver. These projects are complex interactions of numerous stakeholders often providing technical solutions to many end-users. The extent to which megaprojects identify and adequately address risks to sustainability …
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The Politics of Transportation Megaprojects
… investment decisions, especially for mega-projects defined as costing more than one billion U.S. dollars, are largely based on complex, unclear and non-transparent decision criteria. The project's specific context and a variety of actors and interests add to the complexity of the …
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Leveraging the enabling environment to deliver infrastructure and services to meet the real needs of end users in developing countries
… to meet basic needs, to economy-boosting mega-projects. However, provision of infrastructure and services does not simply eliminate the needs gap. Engineering technologies exist to meet most needs experienced in developing countries, however it is the surrounding context that creates the …
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Corporate Urbanization: Between the Future and Survival in Lebanon
… present through the proliferation of its urban mega-projects, including skyscrapers, downtown developments and gated communities; retail malls and artificial islands; airports and ports; and highways. Built into these corporate urban structures are edifices of politics, ideology and certain …
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Reviving Dams: A Relational Technopolitics of Hydropower in the Himalaya
By the end of the 20th century, mega dams were no longer popular with donors, due to growing socio-environmental opposition; a poor record in terms of outcomes and profitability; and the turn to governance and the ‘soft wiring’ of development amongst donors. However, interest in mega dams has …
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Economic development of Latin America. A series of analysis through the lens of health, inequality, and economic growth
… case study that assesses the status of projects financed with Chinese collateral-loan commitments in Brazil and Ecuador during the last twenty years. The research is extended to Argentinean and Bolivian projects financed with non-collateral loans. Emphasis is placed on the host political …
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The reconfiguration of the state in an era of neoliberal globalism: State violence and indigenous responses in the Costa Chica-Montaña of Guerrero, Mexico.
… from the peaceful obstruction of hydroelectric mega-projects in their territories to armed struggle. In view of the State crisis, this thesis argues that there has been a shift in the system of control mechanisms of the State that is leaning towards a more recurrent use of open violence to …
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Making and unmaking the dry city : the design-politics of flood mitigation from infrastructural modernization to climate adaptation
… different than the 'gray' levee and pump projects of previous generations. 20th century dry city infrastructural modernization projects promised to protect against flood hazards and enable urban growth, but they also had serious negative social and ecological consequences. New projects …
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Exploring the case of adopting Lean to potentially enhance the flow of patients with diabetes in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kuwait. Exploring the case of adopting Lean to potentially enhance the flow of patients with diabetes in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kuwait
… patients overseas for treatment. Currently, 10 mega projects worth approximately 2 billion Kuwaiti Dinar are being constructed in Kuwait that will result in a doubling of the bed capacity. However, the average occupancy rate between 2006 to 2015 was 63.6%, which is considered low compared to the …
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What Explains the Effectiveness of Major Public Project Delivery in Nigeria?
… Nigeria identified that 11,886 large government projects of a total of 19,000 since Nigeria’s independence in 1960 not only failed but were abandoned. This abandonment rate of 63% of all government projects implies a severe problem in driving economic prosperity. With the global economic …