Megaprojects and risk : an anatomy of ambition
Material type: TextPublication details: London,Cambridge,New Delhi etc Cambridge Uni. Press 2009Description: ix,207pISBN:- 0521009464
- 711.4068 FLY
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Book | CEPT Library | Faculty of Planning | 711.4068 FLY | Available | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:7622150 | 006794 |
CONTENTS List of figures vi List of tables vii Acknowledgements viii 1 The megaprojects paradox 1 2 A calamitous history of cost overrun 11 3 The demand for megaprojects 22 4 Substance and spin in megaproject economics 32 5 Environmental impacts and risks 49 6 Regional and economic growth effects 65 7 Dealing with risk 73 8 Conventional megaproject development 86 9 Lessons of privatisation 92 10 Four instruments of accountability 107 11 Accountable megaproject decision making 125 12 Beyond the megaprojects paradox 136 Appendix. Risk and accountability at work : a case study 143 Notes 152 Bibliography 180 Index 201
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