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Should we build more large dams? The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development [PDF]
, 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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Contemporary Megaprojects [PDF]
Environment and Society, 2019 There is renewed interest in megaprojects worldwide. In contrast to high-modernist megaprojects that were discrete projects undertaken by centralized authorities, contemporary megaprojects are often decentralized and pursued by a range of stakeholders from governments as well as the private sector. They leverage cutting-edge technology to ‘see’ complex
Seth Schindler +2 more
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Owner challenges on major projects: The case of UK government [PDF]
, 2020 Many studies agree that owner organisations are important for successful project organising, but they tend to focus on particular aspects of project organising rather than providing a holistic analysis of owners as organisations.
Cha, J., Cha, J., Winch, G., Winch, G.
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Юг России: экология, развитие, 2022 Aim. To analyse the consequences of the virgin lands (1954‐1963) agrarian‐social megaproject, and of current land reforms. To elaborate contributions to the Russian post‐virgin land space development strategy.Material and methods.
S. V. Levykin +4 more
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Taming the ‘trolls’ : major public projects in the making [PDF]
, 2015 Major projects are not yet sufficiently understood, and practices in project governance and project management do not yet reflect the current state of knowledge of large, complex projects.
Klakegg, Ole Jonny +2 more
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Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2021 Through the case of the Hidroituango hydroelectric plant in Colombia, this article proposes that the implementation of megaprojects constitutes a proprietary device in which the expulsion of populations, damage to ecosystems, and deepening inequality ...
Lina Marín Moreno, Marisela Montenegro
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Analysis of reasons for cost and time overrun in Indian megaprojects
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 Megaprojects are becoming increasingly common in developing countries. In India, the need for and trend of rapid infrastructure development has resulted in design and implementation of projects of large scope and size, in terms of complexity and costs ...
Mevada Jay, Devkar Ganesh
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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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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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Urban Megaprojects as Disorderly and Unruly Endeavors
ARCHive-SR, 2020 Megaprojects have multiplied around the world as an urban response to the pressures of neoliberalism and globalization in favor of development, competitiveness and innovation.
Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría
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