Genesis and impacts, international journal of urban and regional research, 32, 4, 759, 2008. Mega projects include powerplant conventional, nuclear or renewable, oil and gas extraction and processing projects and transport projects such as highways and tunnels, bridges, railways, seaports and even cultural events such as the olympics. What parallels are evident between the politics of public investment in u. Planning, politics, and urban megaprojects in developmental context.
Methodological considerations regarding ramp up and sampling transportation research a 39 522 530. The changing politics of urban public investment find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Stages in the spatial evolution of the american metropolis, in the geography of urban transportation, third edition. The readings cover ongoing debates over the drug war, police militarization, urban development projects, and suburban sprawl. Public investment in facilities such as rail transit systems, festival retail markets, sports stadiums and arenas, and convention centers has surged. Mega projects conform to a model of urban development that many governments favor. Environmental politics in crossnational comparison herbert kitschelt. He uses this term to describe highways, airports, and rail transit systems, which were endowed by federal programs and federal funding. According to altshuler and luberoff, efforts to realize largescale investment projects often provide an unusually revealing window on patterns of influence in urban development politics. The changing politics of urban public investment, altshuler focuses on urban politics and public policy by addressing megaprojects. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Many more localglobal interactions in urban development are sure to follow. The changing politics of urban public investment book since the demise of urban renewal in the early 1970s, the politics of largescale public investment in and around major american cities has received little scholarly attention.
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The changing politics of urban public investment altshuler, alan a. Demand effects of travel time reliability, centre for logistics. The research analyzed the theoretical and methodological background of urban megaprojects umps as an instrument of urban planning and development, with specific reference to the belgrade waterfront project bwp. In the analysis, we combined a contextually appropriate approach, some elements of the phronetic planning approach and the benchmarking analysis of megaproject planning and. The changing politics of urban public investment, chapter 4, washington, dc. Crossref dikmen bezmez, the politics of urban waterfront regeneration. Economic and environmental impacts of urban megaprojects author. Harvey pointed to neoliberal domination in the changing nature of political governance scales from cities over states to the global level. In megaprojects, alan altshuler and david luberoff analyze the unprecedented wave of largescale mega public investments that occurred in american cities during the 1950s and 1960s.
Brookings 2002 watson, sophie and gary bridge, the blackwell city reader london. A systematic search of the main databases has been performed. Evaluating transportation projects case studies meyer, michael d. Brookings institution and lincoln institute of land policy, 2004. Mega projects respond to global competition among cities for investments, knowledge. Dysfunctional urbanism dysfunctional urbanism mcneill, donald 20050301 00. The economic evaluation of megaprojects social and. We identify four stages in the history of urban public investment over the past century. This book is available as an ebook through the sjsu library orfield, myron.
Introduction to urban politics polisci 121 also urbanst 111. The changing politics of urban public investment brookings institution press, 2003, and has also been a columnist on infrastructure issues for governing magazine. He is the coauthor with alan altshuler of mega projects. The case for the use of policyled multicriteria analysis. The changing politics of urban public investment by alan altshuler and david luberoff washington, d. Since the demise of urban renewal in the early 1970s, the politics of large. The changing politics of urban public investment by alan altshuler, david luberoff mega projects. Among them is the notion that such projects are considered exceptional and therefore. The effect of government ownership and subsidy on performance. Farmers, reformers, and the shifting uses of rural space, 18801905. Megaprojects are a product of political and economic changes rhetorically. For a look at the politics of megaprojects, nonprofit and business roles, etc. Megaprojects as an instrument of urban planning and. The changing politics of urban public investment show all.
They also appraise the most important consequences of policy shifts over this half. A megaproject is an extremely largescale investment project. Since the demise of urban renewal in the early 1970s, the politics of largescale public investment in and around major american cities has received little scholarly attention. Alan altshuler and david luberoff 2003, the new politics of highways, in. Sociospatial, economic and environmental impacts of proposed port expansions in durban by. Sociospatial, economic and environmental impacts of urban. In the analysis, we combined a contextually appropriate approach, some elements of the phronetic planning approach and the benchmarking analysis of megaproject planning and development. The key research objectives are the analyses of the theoretical background of the role of megaprojects as an urban development instrument, as well as empirical analysis of the bwp experience and its potential development impacts the theory and methodology of urban planning and megaprojects faces complex issue of social contextualization of urban planning and governance, investment, and. Experience and issues for future development, annals of regional. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the mega projects, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. In mega projects, alan altshuler and david luberoff analyze the unprecedented wave of. Concentrating its coverage on three project types of.
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Megaprojects urban regeneration schemes, transport and energy infrastructure. Lessons from mexico citys airport controversy article in journal of urban affairs 355 december 20 with 173 reads. Concentrating its coverage on three project types of highway, airport, and rail transit systems, the book. A bridge to somewhere home university of cincinnati. Implications of public private partnerships on the development of urban transit infrastructure. Since the demise of urban renewal in the early 1970s, the politics of largescale public investment in urban areas has received little scholarly attention. The changing politics of urban public investment, 2004. Hubert murray me, why are you spending all this money on a bunch of paving aia, riba is an architect and. Megaprojects the changing politics of urban public investment. The changing politics of urban public investment find, read and cite all. If youre looking for the brookings institution press homepage, please visit for general media inquiries, please contact. Apr 16, 2020 if youre looking for the brookings institution press homepage, please visit for general media inquiries, please contact. Megaprojects include powerplant conventional, nuclear or renewable, oil and gas extraction and processing projects and transport projects such as highways and tunnels, bridges, railways, seaports and even cultural events such as the olympics.
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