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Remote Sensing, 2023 The South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) is a megaproject which has been constructed to alleviate imbalanced water resource distribution between northern and southern China. It encompasses three routes distributed in the east, central, and west
Siting Xiong +5 more
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Why Mass Media Matter to Planning Research: The Case of Megaprojects
, 2012 This article asks how planning scholarship may effectively gain impact in planning practice through media exposure. In liberal democracies the public sphere is dominated by mass media.
Flyvbjerg, Bent
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Complexity for megaprojects in the energy sector [PDF]
, 2017 Megaprojects are characterised by their large-scale capital costs, long duration and extraordinary levels of technical and process complexity. Empirical data demonstrate that these projects experience alarming rates of failure.
Bosché, F, Kian Manesh Rad, E, Sun, M
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Construction megaprojects, large‐scale, complex, and capital‐intensive, are particularly prone to inefficiencies, cost overruns, delays, and environmental degradation due to fragmented workflows, stakeholder misalignment, and resource intensity.
Abdelazim Ibrahim +5 more
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Evaluation of Suppliers in Modular Megaprojects Using LOPCOW-ARTASI in an Uncertain Environment [PDF]
Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atīSupplier evaluation plays a pivotal role in the success of modular megaprojects, as these projects require capable suppliers due to the necessity for complex coordination among various subsystems and the precise integration of modules.
Ali Memarpour Ghiaci +2 more
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City and Environment Interactions, 2023 Managing the perception of project communities is critical to the success of infrastructure megaprojects. This study focuses on the Nagpur metro rail project in India to understand people's experiences and discourses in the pre-construction, construction,
Johan Ninan, Rupesh Yadav
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Profiles of organisational culture in Indonesian construction companies [PDF]
, 2011 Although relatively few studies have been undertaken analyzing the drivers of performance for construction companies in producing and delivering satisfactory quality of project works, findings from previous research reveal that there is a significant ...
Coffey, Vaughan +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transdisciplinary research (TD) is widely invoked to tackle complex sustainable‐development challenges by integrating scientific and societal knowledge and fostering collaboration among researchers, decision‐makers, practitioners and affected publics.
Carles Vañó‐Agulló +3 more
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Megaproject complexity attributes and competences: lessons from IT and construction projects
International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 2021 Megaprojects have been associated with persistent underperformance technically, financially, socially and environmentally. This underperformance has been attributed to the inherent complexity attributes and the gaps in the form of the mismatch in the ...
Maxwell Nyarirangwe +1 more
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Applying institutional theories to managing megaprojects [PDF]
International Journal of Project Management, 2018 Abstract This paper contributes to Rodney Turner's initiative to develop a theory of project management from practice. Organizational scholars studying strategy suggest that more attention needs to be paid to practices involved in organizing, as well as the institutional contexts in which these practices are embedded.
Christopher Biesenthal +3 more
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