Main entry:

Flyvbjerg, Bent.

Title & Author:

Megaprojects and risk : an anatomy of ambition / Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, Werner Rothengatter.

Publication:

United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Description:

ix, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-200) and index.
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 risk -- 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.

Summary:

"Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is an account of how the promoters of multibillion-dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built. It shows, in unusual depth, how the formula for approval is an unhealthy cocktail of underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts and overvalued economic development effects. This results in projects that are extremely risky, but where the risk is concealed from MPs, taxpayers and investors. The authors not only explore the problems but also suggest practical solutions drawing on theory and hard, scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations that illustrate the book. Accessibly written, it will be essential reading in its field for students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians, journalists and interested citizens."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521804205
9780521804202
0521009464 (pb.)
9780521009461 (pb.)

Subject:

Project management.
Risk management.
Risk Management
Gestion de projet.
Gestion du risque.
risk management.
Construction.
Gestion de projets.
Risques financiers.
Risques technologiques.
Analyse des risques.
Infrastructure des transports.
Transports.
Analyse comparative.
Pays développés.
Projektmanagement
Risikomanagement
Großprojekt
Entscheidungsprozess
Infrastrukturplanung
Bouwprojecten.
Besluitvorming.
Impact environnemental.
Impact économique.
Gestion des risques.
Mégaprojet.

Added entries:

Bruzelius, Nils.
Rothengatter, Werner.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228004
Call No.: HD69.P75 F59 2003
Status: Available