Perspectives in Metropolitan Research, Volume I : Self-Induced Shocks
Subtitle: Mega-Projects and Urban Development
Publisher: Jovis Verlag GmbH
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783868593709
Subjects: City planning
Description: Volume I comprises a collection of new research papers and classic contributions, written by internationally renowned scholars from various disciplines. It addresses the inherent ambivalence that constitutes mega-projects as both boosters of urban development and potential large-scale disasters. The chapters elucidate different forms and facets of large-scale construction ventures: as vehicles of urban development, as large-scale events, and as management challenges.