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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 183-194, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
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Research on Safety Decision-Making Behavior in Megaprojects
SystemsThis research takes the construction companies and supervision units of megaprojects as the research objects and studies safety issues in construction decision-making for megaprojects.
Xuekelaiti Haiyirete +2 more
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International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2020 The investment decision analysis of international megaprojects is a major area of interest. The choice of interna tional megaprojects usually depends on the multi-discipline knowledge from experts.
Xiaomei Mi, Huchang Liao, Xiao-Jun Zeng
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Governance in megaprojects: A pragmatic perspective [PDF]
, 2016 Megaprojects are a growing species in the project environment, often used to transform the face of suburbs, cities or entire regions. Megaprojects have specific challenges and are different to ‘normal’ projects.
Biesenthal, CE
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The City as an Anti‐Growth Machine
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT Logan and Molotch's “urban growth machine” remains foundational in urban theory, describing how coalitions of landowners, developers, and politicians promote urban growth to raise land values. This paper argues that under financialized capitalism, the dynamics have inverted: asset appreciation now outweighs productive investment, and urban ...
Petter Törnberg
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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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A rationale for some directions of the development of resource territories: the complex ''meso-level'' problem [PDF]
, 2016 The article presents an approach to the analysis and evaluation of integrated investment projects, which consist of infrastructure facilities and industrial clusters allocated to poorly developed areas rich in natural resources.
Kryukov, V. A. +3 more
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok
The Developing Economies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 71-88, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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Five rules for managing large, complex projects [PDF]
, 2017 Large-scale, long-term projects are notoriously difficult to manage. But recent research on megaprojects — defined as projects costing more than $1 billion — reveals five lessons that can help executives manage any big, complex project more ...
Davies, Andrew +3 more
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A Hetero-Functional Graph Theory Perspective of Engineering Management of Mega-Projects
IEEE AccessMegaprojects are large-scale, complex, and one-off engineering endeavors that require significant investments from a public or private sector. Such projects generally cost more than a billion dollars, take many years to develop and construct, involve ...
Amirreza Hosseini, Amro M. Farid
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