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REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara +4 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Metropolises are rapidly becoming spaces of stark inequalities. While much literature has emphasized the metropolitan scale as a driver of agglomeration economies, recent scholarship highlights either the ungovernable nature of large metropolises or the weak redistributive capacity of their governments as key causes of increasingly unequal ...
Lucía Cerrada Morato +2 more
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Identifying a Theoretical Framework for Megaprojects Success and Failure Factors: A Meta-Synthesis Approach [PDF]
ارزش آفرینی در مدیریت کسب و کارMegaproject means projects with a wide range of efforts to achieve strategic goals in time, financial and qualitative macro frameworks. Megaprojects have deep, comprehensive and lasting outcomes.
Jafar Gheidar-Kheljani, pedram jahedi
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GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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Organization, technology & management in construction : an international journal, 2012 Project management value has moved from ideas of 'value management' to ideas of 'understanding how stakeholders value different things'. In line with this new paradigm, value in megaprojects is influenced by the complex morass of stakeholders involved. This paper explores how stakeholders engage with the megaproject delivery process and value creation.
O Oliomogbe, Gloria, J Smith, Nigel
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Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This case challenges students to apply managerial accounting concepts in the context of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a large‐scale event shaped by uncertainty, complexity, and public accountability. Positioned as advisors evaluating financial and strategic decisions before the Games, students analyze sponsorship value, cost structures ...
Catherine Barrette, Michael J. Marin
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Not So Protected After All—Managing Paradoxical Tensions in Mission‐Oriented Innovation Ecosystems
Creativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how actors within mission‐oriented innovation ecosystems (MIEs) experience and manage paradoxical tensions while pursuing systemic change. MIEs are increasingly leveraged to address complex societal challenges through cross‐sector collaboration and coordinated innovation efforts, particularly in sustainability transition ...
Duygu Keskin +2 more
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(Éco)tourisme en Haïti : le cas du mégaprojet Destination Île à Vache
Téoros, 2022 This paper questions the “Destination Île à Vache” tourism megaproject that claims to be (eco)touristic. We argue that the implementation in Île à Vache (Haiti) of this megaproject is rather contradictory to the theoretical foundations of ecotourism and ...
Walner Osna
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Changing Societies & Personalities, 2022 Urban megaprojects exhibit various distortions: special regulations, budget overrun, additional funding sources, long-term timeframes, and ad-hoc actor networks.
Ana Perić +2 more
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