Results 51 to 60 of about 266 (178)
American Imperialism and Environmental Concerns in Syed Waliullah's The Ugly Asian
ABSTRACT Bangladeshi bilingual writer Syed Waliullah's novel in English, The Ugly Asian (2013), written during the 1960s but published posthumously in 2013, highlights the struggles of a fictional postcolonial nation in Asia in the face of American imperialism.
Rakibul Hasan Khan
wiley +1 more source
Wind Masculinities: Extractive, Caste, and Nationalist Rule in Rural India
ABSTRACT This paper shows how India's wind electricity regime does not simply decarbonize electricity; it reorganizes power through a distinctive wind masculinity—a caste‐coded, infrastructural mode of rule that keeps money, machines, and people moving.
David Singh
wiley +1 more source
Gulf Energy Transition: The UAE and Saudi Arabia
Abstract The Iran War and resulting instability in the Strait of Hormuz have renewed attention to how Gulf energy exporters manage geopolitical disruption while pursuing energy transition strategies. This article examines how leading Gulf hydrocarbon exporters sustain large‐scale fossil‐fuel exports and advance their long‐term diversification goals ...
Ahmet Hakan Özkan
wiley +1 more source
(Im)possibility of Redress: Mega‐Infrastructures and the Voided Politics of Contestation
ABSTRACT Drawing on critical geography's recent engagement with negativity, this article intervenes in dominant relational approaches to infrastructure by examining the (im)possibility of redress under mega‐infrastructure development through a case study of the Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor in coastal Kenya.
Gediminas Lesutis
wiley +1 more source
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
wiley +1 more source
Double Unseeing or Glimpses of Recognition? Expert and Community Visions for Hydrogen Megaprojects
Short Abstract Online ethnography and deliberative workshops covering expert and community hydrogen visions in Milford Haven, South Wales. Experiences of life on the periphery and previous experiences of industrial development led to community scepticism over hydrogen's benefits.
Gareth H. Thomas, Karen Henwood
wiley +1 more source
THE CHAINMAKER: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives over Time
Abstract Practitioners implementing urban climate initiatives are frequently faced with the intermittent nature of urban projects and the short‐termism of policy experiments. In this conjuncture, understanding how urban transformations are advanced necessitates grasping how small‐scale efforts are carried forward or sustained despite these brief time ...
Hanna Hilbrandt +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The paper deals with the specific features of megaprojects. Problems related to real estate reproduction in the course of construction megaprojects implementation were analyzed.
Orlov Alexandr K.
doaj +1 more source
Past Carbon Emissions and Future Targets for the Olympic Games
Short Abstract The global visibility and political weight of the Olympic Games can inspire climate change action. Yet, at the same time, the Olympics are also significant carbon emitters. To date, however, there is a lack of a systematic assessment of past carbon emissions and extrapolation of future targets considering international agreements.
David Gogishvili, Martin Müller
wiley +1 more source
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

