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Bridging Theory and Prediction: A Hybrid SEM and Machine Learning Approach to Optimize Lean Construction for Megaproject Sustainability in China

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 5017-5039, July 2026.
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

Do classics exist in megaproject management? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This special issue asks, “Do classics exist in megaproject management?” We identify three types of classics: conventional, Kuhnian, and citation classics. We find that the answer to our question depends on the definition of “classic” employed.
Turner, JR   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Comparisons as a discursive tool: shaping megaproject narratives in the United Kingdom

open access: yes, 2023
The mobilization of narratives is essential in integrating people and constructing identities that help in navigating complexity, uncertainty, and conflictuality.
Sergeeva, Natalya, Ninan, Johan
core   +2 more sources

Double Unseeing or Glimpses of Recognition? Expert and Community Visions for Hydrogen Megaprojects

open access: yesGeo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 2, July‐December 2026.
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

TRANSPORTATION AT THE MILLENNIUM: In Search of a Megaproject Lens

open access: yes, 2005
Penetrating the complexity of publicly funded megaprojects- those costing in excess of $1 billion-is no small task, but it can be a rewarding one. Five tiers of rich descriptors emerge from the literature: history and purpose; context; project structure;
Wendy Haynes
core   +1 more source

Sustainability and Megaproject Development

open access: yes, 2022
Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as large-scale investment initiatives worth 1b€/$ or more and, facing similar problems independent of the country where they are ...
Favari, Edoardo   +7 more
core   +1 more source

THE CHAINMAKER: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives over Time

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 785-800, July 2026.
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 Giza Pyramid : learning from this megaproject [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: This paper demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the management of the Great Pyramid of Giza project. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses evidence from the literature from many disciplines concerning both the objectives and ...
Kozak-Holland, MP, Procter, CT
core   +1 more source

Chinas Megaproject – Global Security Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The People’s Republic of China (China) is taking serious steps in accordance with its global development strategy of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative.
Jeremić, Zlatan
core  

Organizing Wicked Policy Fields: A Strategic Framework for Capacity-Building in Cross-Border Transport Megaprojects

open access: yes
Abstract In this chapter, we propose a strategic framework for capacity-building in cross-border transport megaprojects. First, we make the case for infrastructure megaprojects as wicked policy fields marked by a complex web of stakeholders' interests and characterized by uncertainty and entrenched value divergence and conflict ...
Giovanni Esposito, Andrea Terlizzi
openaire   +3 more sources

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