Dear Colleague.
I thought you would be interested to know that the book Megaprojects
and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition by Nils Bruzelius, Werner
Rothengatter, and myself was recently published by Cambridge University
Press.
The book offers a detailed political and economic sociology of
megaprojects. I include the Table of Contents below for your
information. First chapter, etc. may be found at:
UK: http://uk.cambridge.org/sociology/megaprojects/
US: http://us.cambridge.org/features/megaprojects/
Our research is ongoing and we would appreciate any information you may
have on megaprojects we could include in future research.
I hope this is useful. Please feel free to forward this message to any
relevant person or listserv. If this mail is of no interest to you, I
apologise for the inconvenience. Also apologies for any cross posting.
Best wishes,
Bent Flyvbjerg, Professor
Dept. of Development and Planning
Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Homepage: www.plan.auc.dk/~flyvbjerg
CONTENTS: Megaprojects and Risk
1. The Megaprojects Paradox
2. A Calamitous History of Cost Overrun
3. The Demand for Megaprojects
4. Substance and Spin in Megaproject Economics
5. Environmental Impacts and Risks
6. Regional and Economic Growth Effects
7. Dealing with Risk
8. Conventional Megaproject Development
9. Lessons of Privatisation
10. Four Instruments of Accountability
11. Accountable Megaproject Decision Making
12. Beyond the Megaprojects Paradox
Appendix. Risk and Accountability at Work: A Case Study
Inspection copies available at:
UK: http://uk.cambridge.org/textbooks/ or by email at
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US: Lourina McQuilkin at [log in to unmask]
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