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Understanding Sustainability Competences Through a Paradox Lens: Evidence From Project Management Practice

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 4290-4305, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Contemporary project environments are increasingly shaped by paradoxical tensions—between control and flexibility, short‐term delivery and long‐term value, or efficiency and innovation—that require project professionals to cultivate a more complex set of competences.
Franca Cantoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Project Management Evolution to Improve Success in Infrastructure Projects

open access: yesManagement Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2017
This document provides an overview of the infrastructure megaproject industry (IMPI), the financial implications of cost and schedule overruns, and the trend towards the future impacts these may have on the global infrastructure sphere.
Crystal COLE
doaj   +1 more source

Should we build more large dams? The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A brisk building boom of hydropower mega-dams is underway from China to Brazil. Whether benefits of new dams will outweigh costs remains unresolved despite contentious debates.
Ansar, Atif   +3 more
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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

A Networked Game Theoretic Model for Evaluating Resilience in Megaprojects: Integrating Stakeholder Interactions and Lifecycle Adaptability

open access: yesSystems
Megaprojects are complex systems comprising interdependent subsystems and diverse stakeholders, each contributing to the project’s resilience and long-term outcomes.
Hongsi Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A dynamic framework for managing the complexities of risks in megaprojects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The future of mega infrastructure projects is certain - there will be more risks to manage. The challenge is being met through research and innovation combining current approaches with new. This research adopted a dynamic approach through the combination
Boateng, Prince   +2 more
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Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) Research on Irrigation: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesWIREs Water, Volume 13, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
A review of 12 feminist political ecology (FPE) themes in research on irrigation shows a prominent interest in the effect of power relations at the household and community levels on irrigation access and control in reviewed studies, but other dimensions, such as embodied subjectivities and emotional connections with water, remain relatively overlooked.
Stephanie Leder‐Büttner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE URBAN METABOLISM OF FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 545-566, May 2026.
Abstract Investments in large‐scale climate infrastructures are central to emerging forms of climate urbanism. In Jakarta, flood protection infrastructures seek to protect the city from devastating flood events in anticipation of future catastrophes.
Sophie Webber, Wahyu Kusuma Astuti
wiley   +1 more source

ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES OF USING PROJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICY

open access: yesМодернизация, инновация, развитие, 2016
Summarized are fi ndings of the research study “Special-purpose program management of comprehensive development of the Arctic area of the Russian Federation”) based on systems methodology, partially published in 2014-2015 and funded by the Russian ...
V. N. Leksin, B. N. Porfiryev
doaj   +1 more source

A STUDY ON DATA INTERACTION AMONG DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DETAIL IN PLANNING PHASES FOR MEGA PROJECTS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Urban renewals in an area or district consist of multiple facilities construction projects, and thus, should be managed as a program. Successful program management is enabled by seamless information of subprojects during its whole lifecycle.
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