Contemporary megaprojects : organization, vision, and resistance in the 21st century /: organization, vision, and resistance in the 21st century. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Seth Schindler, Simin Fadaee, Dan Brockington.
• Editors: Schindler, Seth; Fadaee, Simin; Brockington, Dan
• Contents: Introduction: Contemporary Megaprojects: An Introduction; Seth Schindler, Simin Fadaee, and Dan Brockington Chapter 1. Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of Infrastructure; Ashley Carse and David Kneas Chapter 2. Biomimicry as a Meta-Resource and Megaproject: A Literature Review; Veronica Davidov Chapter 3. The Urban Politics of Mega-Events: Grand Promises Meet Local Resistance; John Lauermann Chapter 4. Mega-Plantations in Southeast Asia: Landscapes of Displacement; Miles Kenney-Lazar and Noboru Ishikawa Chapter 5. Becoming an Agricultural Growth Corridor: African Megaprojects at a Situated Scale; Serena Stein and Marc Kalina Chapter 6. What Makes a Megaproject? A Review of Global Hydropower Assemblages; Grant M. Gutierrez, Sarah Kelly, Joshua J. Cousins, and Christopher Sneddon Chapter 7. Remaking Oceans Governance: Critical Perspectives on Marine Spatial Planning; Luke Fairbanks, Noëlle Boucquey, Lisa M. Campbell, and Sarah Wise Chapter 8. (Un)seen Seas: Technological Mediation, Oceanic Imaginaries, and Future Depths; Stephanie Ratté Chapter 9. Home and Away: The Politics of Life after Earth; Micha Rahder
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.404; Project management -- Social aspects; Engineering -- Management -- Social aspects; Economic development projects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800731530
• Related ISBNs: 9781800731523
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