Megaprojects for Megacities

A Comparative Casebook

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Megaprojects for Megacities is a collection of 14 international case studies of transportation, urban development, and environmental megaprojects completed during the last ten years in North America, Asia and Europe. It goes beyond the previous megaproject literature to look at how and why each project was conceived, planned, engineered, financed, and delivered, and how particular planning and delivery practices shaped successful and unsuccessful outcomes.With individual chapters on high-speed rail, urban metro systems, bus rapid transit, roadway tunnels and bridges, new and improved airports, waterfront redevelopment projects, new towns, urban parks and renewable energy projects, this book is unparalleled in its coverage, depth and takeaways for practice. It incorporates current examples from across the world, including North America, Asia, the UK, and Europe.This collection of case studies is presented in an approachable way that will prove valuable to academics, researchers and students as well as practicing professionals, financiers and senior government officials interested in infrastructure planning, financing, project management and delivery.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-08
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781803920627

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Edited by John D. Landis, Emeritus Professor of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, US

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‘I enjoyed reading the book; it is a pleasant read, well structured and systematic, and the lessons learned and advice given are very clear and are derived in a rigorous way. I think it is a “must read” for project managers, policymakers, and academics (of multiple disciplines, including managerial sciences, policy analysis, planning, geography, economics, and psychology) working in the field of the management of megaprojects.’

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Contents:Preface xiJohn D. Landis1 The megaproject challenge 1John D. Landis2 Megaproject milestones 40John D. Landis3 Choosing the case study megaprojects 114John D. Landis4 Unfinished business—London Crossrail 133John D. Landis5 China bends the curve on high-speed rail 167Ziming Liu and John D. Landis6 China’s metro explosion: lessons from China’s big four cities 192Zhong-Ren Peng, Kaifa Lu, Mengyi Jin, Xinghang Zhuand John D. Landis7 Bus Rapid Transit—the affordable transit megaproject alternative 237Erik Vergel-Tovar and John D. Landis8 A tunnel beneath Seattle: the megaproject to replace theAlaskan Way Viaduct 276Molly Riddle and Jan Whittington9 A bridge too far? The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridgeand economic and regional restructuring in China’s PearlRiver Delta region 307Anthony G.O. Yeh, Fang Bian and Jiangping Zhou10 Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport—always raising the bar 326John D. Landis11 Epic fail and cautious success—Berlin BrandenburgAirport and New York LaGuardia Terminal B 349John D. Landis12 Canary Wharf’s transformation from ‘planning disaster’ toLondon’s second business district 383David Gordon and Patricia Warren13 Urban regeneration meets sustainability—HafenCity, Hamburg 408John D. Landis14 A case of hubris—Songdo International Business District 431John D. Landis15 Who is in charge here? Brooklyn Bridge Park 456John D. LandisOscar Serpell and John D. Landis16 Powering the future—five clean energy megaprojectsOscar Serpell and John D. Landis 47917 Improving megaproject practice and performance 506John D. LandisIndex