Socioeconomic Evaluation of Megaprojects

Socioeconomic Evaluation of Megaprojects
Author: Markku Lehtonen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2016-11-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317222075

The governance and evaluation of ‘megaprojects’ – that is, large-scale, complex, high-stakes infrastructure projects usually commissioned by governments and delivered through partnerships between public and private organisations – is receiving increased attention. However, megaproject evaluation has hitherto largely adopted a linear-rationalist perspective to explain the frequent failure of such projects to meet the ‘iron triangle’ of performance criteria: delivering on time, within budget, and according to specifications. This approach recommends greater control and accountability to remedy megaproject ‘pathologies’. Drawing on empirical examples mainly from the transport sector and radioactive waste disposal, this book offers new perspectives to megaproject evaluation. Comprising contributions from leading experts in project evaluation and appraisal, this collection opens up new avenues by suggesting two ways of improving megaproject evaluation: 1) approaches that go beyond the dominant linearrationalist notion of policy processes, and emphasise instead the objective of opening up appraisal processes in order to enhance learning and reflexivity; and 2) approaches that extend evaluative criteria beyond the ‘iron triangle’, to cover the various socioeconomic impacts and preconditions for project success. This volume will be of great relevance to scholars and practitioners with an interest in megaprojects, energy and climate policy, radioactive waste management, urban design, and project planning and management.

Towards an Environmental Assessment Network

Towards an Environmental Assessment Network
Author: Tom Shillington
Publisher: Agence canadienne d'évaluation environnementale
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1995
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This report, based on a draft paper prepared by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and reviewed by Summit participants, presents the results of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency-sponsored study. The paper offers a framework on how such a network could be organised and operated, and explains how the CEAA has used the framework to develop its site on the Internet. The report is also a contribution to the International Study of the Effectiveness of Environmental Assessment. The document proposes a framework for an EA network and looks at the experience of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

Land and People

Land and People
Author: Michael J. Allen
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782973583

This volume is derived, in concept, from a conference held in honour of John Evans by the School of History and Archaeology and The Prehistoric Society at Cardiff University in March 2006. It brings together papers that address themes and landscapes on a variety of levels. They cover geographical, methodological and thematic areas that were of interest to, and had been studied by, John Evans. The volume is divided into five sections, which echo themes of importance in British prehistory. They include papers on aspects of environmental archaeology, experiments and philosophy; new research on the nature of woodland on the chalklands of southern England; coasts and islands; people, process and social order, and snails and shells - a strong part of John Evans' career. This volume presents a range of papers examining people's interaction with the landscape in all its forms. The papers provide a diverse but cohesive picture of how archaeological landscapes are viewed within current research frameworks and approaches, while also paying tribute to the innovative and inspirational work of one of the leading protagonists of environmental archaeology and the holistic approach to landscape interpretation.

Nature Conservation in Europe

Nature Conservation in Europe
Author: Graham Tucker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 715
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1108496741

A detailed description and analysis of European nature conservation and its achievements, focussing on the EU and last forty years.

Portus

Portus
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Total Pages: 504
Release: 1991
Genre: Harbors
ISBN:

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 256
Release:
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ISBN: 9251389411

Microlog, Canadian Research Index

Microlog, Canadian Research Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1550
Release: 1993
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.

Power Struggles

Power Struggles
Author: Thibault Martin
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2008-05-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0887559875

Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec examines the evolution of new agreements between First Nations and Inuit and the hydro corporations in Quebec and Manitoba, including the Wuskwatim Dam Project, Paix des Braves, and the Great Whale Project. In the 1970s, both provinces signed so-called “modern treaties” with First Nations for the development of large hydro projects in Aboriginal territories. In recent times, however, the two provinces have diverged in their implementation, and public opinion of these agreements has ranged from celebratory to outrage.Power Struggles brings together perspectives on these issues from both scholars and activists. In debating the relative merits and limits of these agreements, they raise a crucial question: Is Canada on the eve of a new relationship with First Nations, or do the same colonial attitudes that have long characterized Canadian-Aboriginal relations still prevail?