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Douglass, Michael. "Globalization, Mega-projects and the Environment." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 1, no. 1 (2010): 45–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097542530900100105.

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Fainstein, Susan S. "The just city e la nuova epoca dei mega-progetti." TERRITORIO, no. 60 (March 2012): 9–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2012-060002.

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In recent years large urban development projects (mega-projects) have become frequent in European, American and Asian cities. Surprising physical similarities can be seen between the types of project and in the orientation towards the market and the private sector. However, the ways in which the objectives of physical and social transformation are pursued are different. This paper investigates recent mega-projects in New York, London, Amsterdam and Singapore, cities which represent a wide range of variables in the capitalist ownership regime. The comparison shows that public-private partnershi

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Wiedmann, Florian, Ashraf M. Salama, and Hatem G. Ibrahim. "The Role of Mega Projects in Redefining Housing Development in Gulf Cities." Open House International 41, no. 2 (2016): 56–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2016-b0008.

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Since the end of the 1990s, large-scale mega projects have been initiated in Gulf cities to enable an unprecedented urban growth and the expansion of new economic sectors. In this respect, mega projects have played a key role in redefining housing developments in Gulf cities. This paper explores the newly emerging housing typologies and their distinctive roles in defining new urban environments. The selected case studies are located in the Jumeirah District in Dubai, which can be seen as the first prototype of a large cohesive development area that has been built of nine rather differing mega

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Adama, Onyanta. "Urban imaginaries: funding mega infrastructure projects in Lagos, Nigeria." GeoJournal 83, no. 2 (2017): 257–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-016-9761-8.

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Percoco, Marco, and Lanfranco Senn. "Mega-projects and Regional Development in the Italian Experience." SCIENZE REGIONALI, no. 3 (November 2010): 5–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/scre2010su3001.

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The aim of this note is to introduce the special issue on "Mega-projects and regional development in the Italian experience" and to review some of the critical issues associated with the evaluation of mega-projects. In particular, we focus on the shortcomings of Cost-Benefit Analysis when the project is large and when network effects are not negligible, and we propose further research on risk assessment and time discounting for long term and risky investments.

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Bornstein, Lisa. "Mega-projects, city-building and community benefits." City, Culture and Society 1, no. 4 (2010): 199–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2011.01.006.

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Wiedmann, Florian, Velina Mirincheva, and Ashraf M. Salama. "Urban Reconfiguration and Revitalisation: Public Mega Projects in Doha's Historic Centre." Open House International 38, no. 4 (2013): 27–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2013-b0004.

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This paper aims to offers an assessment of the current transformation process of Doha's historic centre, which has become a major focus of public development strategies. While the historic centre was neglected during most of the second half of the 20th century, recent public initiatives have been leading to new urban morphologies and typologies. In addition to the redevelopment of the historic market and the investments in museums, a large scale mixed use development, known as Msheireb project, has been launched, which will replace an entire district. The objective of this paper is therefore t

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Blair, Robert. "Book Review: Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment." Urban Affairs Review 40, no. 4 (2005): 562–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087404267962.

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Ceylan Baba, Ece. "The risks of mega urban projects creating a dystopia: Canal Istanbul." City and Environment Interactions 6 (April 2020): 100039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2020.100039.

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Metaxas, Theodore, Laura Juarez, and Gaby Gavriilidis. "Planning and Marketing the City for Sustainability: The Madrid Nuevo Norte Project." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (2021): 2094. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13042094.

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Madrid Nuevo Norte (Madrid New North) is an urban redevelopment program applied in the city of Madrid in Spain. Regarding this, the aim of this paper is twofold: firstly, the project examines if the Nuevo Norte project is aligned with the principles of sustainability. Secondly, the paper investigates the impact of Nuevo Norte on the application of city marketing strategies in Madrid. For those purposes, questionnaires were distributed through the Internet to 122 urban developers and planners located in the Spanish capital. The results indicated that overall, Nuevo Norte contributes to the sust

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Hannan, Sylvia, and Catherine Sutherland. "Mega-projects and sustainability in Durban, South Africa: Convergent or divergent agendas?" Habitat International 45 (January 2015): 205–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.02.002.

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Zhou, Shutian, Guofang Zhai, and Yijun Shi. "What Drives the Rise of Metro Developments in China? Evidence from Nantong." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (2018): 2931. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082931.

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This paper addresses to the rapid rise of metro developments in Chinese cities to reconsider the official justifications of such mega-projects and the underlying driving forces behind proposal and approval processes. Qualitative approaches were undertaken in this in-depth case study of Nantong’s metro project, through insights into planning documents and evidences gathered from interviews, together with relevant socioeconomic data. Our research findings reveal four major motivations to develop metro projects in China: the city’s expected improvements through the metro system, the local economi

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Portas, Nuno. "Il paesaggio delle megastrutture." TERRITORIO, no. 48 (May 2009): 60–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2009-048010.

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- The theme of mega structures is associated in the article to the relationship between inner city and suburbs. Large buildings and the infrastructures which connect them - through the nodes - to the transport networks, ask for a new approach to the project of public space, often reduced to fragments difficult to practice, and to the project of landscape: the aim is to understand better the characters of the contemporary city. Two main elements are supposed to be taken in account to enhance urban design approach: the scale of projects and its coherence with context; the long time necessary for

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Waley, Paul. "Cities in transcontinental context: A comparison of mega urban projects in Shanghai and Belgrade." Spatium, no. 30 (2013): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1330007w.

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This study of urban developments in Belgrade and Shanghai is set in the context of comparative urban research. It presents two ostensibly contrasting cities and briefly examines urban development patterns in China and Serbia before focusing more specifically on mega urban projects in the two cities - Pudong and Hongqiao in Shanghai contrasted with New Belgrade. While the historical genesis of the Chinese and Serbian projects differs markedly, together they provide complementary examples of contemporary entrepreneurial urban development in divergent settings. China and Serbia share a heritage o

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Kim, Seon-Gyoo. "RISK PERFORMANCE INDEXES AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FOR MEGA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 16, no. 4 (2010): 586–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jcem.2010.65.

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In recent years, interest in and studies on urban regeneration projects have increased. New urban regeneration projects, i.e., redevelopment projects, are being used to help solve the social and economic problems caused by antiquated buildings and degraded infrastructure. However, such projects can offer no performance guarantees because they have various and complex stakeholders and their huge scale exposes them to many risks. We propose a risk performance index to improve the efficiency of general performance measurement for mega projects by extending the existing cost/schedule‐based perform

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Steffani, Alexia De. "A LA CARTE URBAN POLICIES. MEGA-EVENTS: FROM EXCEPTIONALITY TO CONSTRUCTION OF ORDINARY PLANNING PRACTICES. A LOOK AT ITALY: CASE STUDY OF THE 2006 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN TURIN / A LA CARTE MIESTO POLITIKA. GRANDIOZINIAI ĮVYKIAI: NUO IŠSKIRTINUMO IKI EILINIO PLANAVIMO STATYBŲ PRAKTIKOS. ITALIJA: 2006 METŲ OLIMPINIŲ ŽAIDYNIŲ TURINE ATVEJIS." Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis 3, no. 3 (2011): 23–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/mla.2011.047.

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Considering the increasing focus on mega-events studies, in parallel to the growing interest demonstrated by local administrators and European cities towards hallmark events, the article aims to analyse this new trend and existing relationship between the regular policies and rise of new forms of urban management. It deals with Italy as a case study: since the 1990s several Italian cities have been systematically participating in competitions for mega-events in order to initiate development projects. More precisely, the article focuses on Turin, which is the first Italian city to have embraced

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Hsu, Kanghu. "Globalization and Urban Change: Capital, Culture, and Pacific Rim Mega-Projects. Kris Olds." Eurasian Geography and Economics 45, no. 4 (2004): 316–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2747/1538-7216.45.4.316.

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Altahtooh, Umar Ammar. "A Model of the Critical Success Factors for the Neom Project in the Context of a Project Management Information System." Journal of Management and Strategy 10, no. 1 (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jms.v10n1p1.

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Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 entails huge investments into developing mega-projects. The Neom Project is totally different from any other urban project in the world. Right now, it is under construction. Neom is the first independent special area spread over three countries: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan. This paper proposes a model of the critical success factors (CSFs) for the Neom Project in the context of a project management information system (PMIS). The researcher used case study analysis as the research methodology to develop the model. A total of four CSFs were identified from the four

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Hwang, Jin-Tae. "Territorialized urban mega-projects beyond global convergence: The case of Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park Project, Seoul." Cities 40 (October 2014): 82–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2014.03.007.

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Paling, Willem. "Planning a Future for Phnom Penh: Mega Projects, Aid Dependence and Disjointed Governance." Urban Studies 49, no. 13 (2012): 2889–912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098012452457.

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This paper presents an analysis of the growth and diversification of international involvement in urban planning and development in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Over the past decade, a multiplicity of mainly intra-Asian connections have emerged alongside the continued involvement of Western donor aid. The paper shows how various forms of international finance capital, development capital and local capital vie for influence amongst a loose assemblage of alliances and conflicts linking elements of the Cambodian government, international donors and Cambodian and intra-Asian private-sector actors. The pa

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Xu, Na, Qing Liu, Ling Ma, et al. "A Hybrid Approach for Dynamic Simulation of Safety Risks in Mega Construction Projects." Advances in Civil Engineering 2020 (October 22, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9603401.

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Mega construction projects (MCPs) are inherently high-risk and complex. The challenge of safety management for mega construction projects is that safety risk factors constantly change and interact with each other in the long-term construction period. Few of the prior studies have enabled the prediction of the safety state in a dynamic and connected overview, which is a critical characteristic of safety risks in MCPs. Therefore, a hybrid approach for the dynamic simulation of risk factors is proposed. A three-stage procedure review of explicit documents, including accident investigation reports

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Wu, Fulong. "Scripting Indian and Chinese urban spatial transformation: Adding new narratives to gentrification and suburbanisation research." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 38, no. 6 (2020): 980–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399654420912539.

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This paper examines the spatial transformation of Indian and Chinese cities with reference to prevailing gentrification and suburbanisation studies. Focusing on urban redevelopment and peripheral extension, the paper highlights how Indian and Chinese urban studies provide extensive analyses of demolition and displacement in urban renewal and redevelopment, peri-urbanisation, and mega urban projects in urban spatial extension. These studies, often developed by paying attention to specific Indian or Chinese urbanisation, add new narratives to gentrification and suburbanisation research and help

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Hellman, Daryl, Gustav Schachter, Andrew Sum, Alberto Ziparo, and Corrado Zoppi. "The impact of mega‐infrastructure projects on urban development—Boston and the Messina Straits." European Planning Studies 5, no. 1 (1997): 109–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654319708720387.

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Carmona, Matthew. "Designing Mega-projects in Hong Kong: Reflections from an Academic Accomplice." Journal of Urban Design 11, no. 1 (2006): 105–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574800500490349.

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Kazimierczak, Jarosław, and Piotr Kosmowski. "In the shadow of the urban regeneration megaproject: Urban transitions in downtown Łódź, Poland." Urban Development Issues 56, no. 4 (2018): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/udi-2018-0011.

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Abstract The Nowe Centrum Łodzi project that was completed in 2007 in Łódź, Poland is one of the biggest contemporary large-scale urban (re)development projects in Europe and the largest project of this type in Central Europe. The principal goals of the mega-project in question include the regeneration of degraded post-industrial and post-railway land in the city centre of Łódź and the enhancement of competitiveness and the metropolitan position of the city. The authors seek to identify spatial and functional changes at a mezo-scale, i.e. in the so-called immediate neighbourhood of the urban r

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Salet, Willem, Luca Bertolini, and Mendel Giezen. "Complexity and Uncertainty: Problem or Asset in Decision Making of Mega Infrastructure Projects?" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 37, no. 6 (2012): 1984–2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01133.x.

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Peters, Deike, and Johannes Novy. "Rail Station Mega-Projects: Overlooked Centrepieces in the Complex Puzzle of Urban Restructuring in Europe." Built Environment 38, no. 1 (2012): 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2148/benv.38.1.5.

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Shen, Jie, Xiang Luo, and Fulong Wu. "Assembling mega-urban projects through state-guided governance innovation: the development of Lingang in Shanghai." Regional Studies 54, no. 12 (2020): 1644–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1762853.

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Walder, Jay H., and Shashi K. Verma. "Mega-projects: The changing politics of urban political investmentMegaprojects and risk: An anatomy of ambition." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 23, no. 4 (2004): 943–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pam.20063.

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Flores Dewey, Onesimo, and Diane E. Davis. "Planning, Politics, and Urban Mega-Projects in Developmental Context: Lessons from Mexico City’s Airport Controversy." Journal of Urban Affairs 35, no. 5 (2013): 531–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/juaf.12012.

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Mohd Kamar, Izatul Farrita, Asmalia Che Ahmad, Mohmad Mohd Derus, Mohd Yusof Kasiron, and Mohd Afandi Abu Bakar. "Exploring the Relationship between Safety and Health Cost Dimensions and Accident Costs to the Employer of Urban Rail Infrastructure Projects." MATEC Web of Conferences 266 (2019): 03014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926603014.

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The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) System is set to be one of the mega projects in Malaysia. Many of the researches have focused on the causes of construction accident occurrences at the site. Whilst, this study focuses on the consequences (i.e., costs) of the occurrences of the accidents for the project. The work injuries create economic issues for our society. The awareness of accident costs is absent because the stakeholders always leave the matters to the insurance company. They are ignorant of the cost of an accident without realising the greatness of its impacts on the industry

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Nygren, Anja, and Florencia Quesada. "Imagining Cities of Inclusion—Formulating Spaces of Justice." Urban Planning 5, no. 3 (2020): 200–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v5i3.3465.

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This introduction underlines some of the topics the present thematic issue focuses on, such as segregation and security, control and creativity, resistance and networking, presenting continuities and changes in urban governance and urban justice in different parts of the world. We argue that urban theory should be rethought to consider cities as fora that recentre the ‘political’ in relation to gentrification, rights to the city, justice, and alternative urbanisms. We highlight structural aspects of urban policy and planning, including the intersection of mega-development projects with disrupt

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Lin, Zhong-Jie. "From Megastructure to Megalopolis: Formation and Transformation of Mega-projects in Tokyo Bay." Journal of Urban Design 12, no. 1 (2007): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574800601072442.

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Jahangir Alam, Md. "Rapid urbanization and changing land values in mega cities: implications for housing development projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh." Bandung: Journal of the Global South 5, no. 1 (2018): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40728-018-0046-0.

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This paper explores changing land values in the process of rapid urbanization in Dhaka, Bangladesh and its implications for urban land management and administration in the megacity. The study reveals that substantial increase in land values have resulted in land speculation among real estate and individual developers. Land values have increased by an average of 22.26% per year between 1990 and 2000, while the period spanning from 2000 to 2010 saw about 74% of yearly increase in Dhaka. The study revealed that due to increasing land values, prospective real estate developers are tempted to build

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Follmann, Alexander. "Urban mega-projects for a ‘world-class’ riverfront – The interplay of informality, flexibility and exceptionality along the Yamuna in Delhi, India." Habitat International 45 (January 2015): 213–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.02.007.

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Kim, Ju-Hyung, Ja-Young Yoon, Kyung-Hwan Kim, and Jae-Jun Kim. "A Conceptual Model of Intelligent Program Management Information Systems (iPMIS) for Urban Renewal Mega Projects in Korea." Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 8, no. 1 (2009): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.8.57.

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Forouhar, Amir, and Mahnoosh Hasankhani. "Urban Renewal Mega Projects and Residents’ Quality of Life: Evidence from Historical Religious Center of Mashhad Metropolis." Journal of Urban Health 95, no. 2 (2018): 232–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-017-0224-4.

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Anabestani, Zahra. "Foresight Social Impacts Caused by the Presence Urban Mega-Projects (Case study: Padideh Tourism Complex of Shandiz)." Geographical Researches Quarterly Journal 32, no. 3 (2017): 129–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/geores.32.3.129.

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Johnson, Molly Wilkinson. "Mega-Events, Urban Space, and Social Protest: The Olympia 2000 Bid in Reunified Berlin, 1990–1993." Central European History 52, no. 4 (2019): 689–712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000893891900089x.

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AbstractThis article explores the competing visions of urban planning that influenced newly reunified Berlin's highly contested bid, undertaken between 1990 and 1993, to host the 2000 Olympic Games. The governing city parliament coalition, mainstream media, and private corporations embraced the Games as the key to Berlin's future. The Olympics would draw investors, reunify infrastructure, foster a common “Berlin” identity among newly reunited Berlin's residents, upgrade borderland spaces and eastern neighborhoods, and boost Berlin's prominence as a global city. Alternatively, numerous proteste

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Smith, Richard G. "Dubai in extremis." Theory, Culture & Society 31, no. 7-8 (2014): 291–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276414547775.

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Dubai, the most extreme example to date of a realized neo-liberal capitalist urban utopia, is perhaps at its point of death. That is to say that, barring suicide, the only hope Dubai’s bonded labour – those tricked, forced and exploited into negated lives of low-paid wage servitude – have of losing their chains, given the emirate’s resilience to objections and protests from a multitude of commentators and activists, seems to be the stalling of construction, the falling demand for building projects – mega or otherwise – that the latest major financial crisis and economic recession necessitates.

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Ramachandraiah, C. "Urban Mega Projects and Land Conversion in Peri-urban Areas—Impact on Vegetable Production Due to Outer Ring Road in Hyderabad, India." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 5, no. 2 (2014): 319–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0975425315577174.

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Deng, Ying, and Sun Wah Poon. "Mega-event flagships in transformation: learning from Expo 2010 Shanghai China." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 12, no. 4 (2014): 440–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-10-2012-0045.

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Purpose – This paper aims to seek a greater understanding of the conceptualization of mega-event flagship (MEF) development as a point of departure to forge the much-needed organizational capacities in these regions. An MEF constitutes a temporarily themed venue for a mega-event and a transforming force on corresponding urban renewal. The unfailing demand for MEFs from emerging hosts after historical failures in the West draws attention to a glaring weakness of extant literature in wanting of evidence-based case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Due to the explorative nature of research a

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Randeree, Kasim, and Nadeem Ahmed. "The social imperative in sustainable urban development." Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 8, no. 2 (2019): 138–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-11-2017-0064.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine social sustainability effectiveness of eco-cities through the case of Masdar City’s strategy for urban sustainability in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology/approach Using a case study approach, the paper is an exploratory, qualitative analysis, which investigates the social, environmental and economic performance of Masdar City, a purported carbon-neutral, zero-waste urban development. Findings Though Masdar City substantively contributes to innovation in sustainable urban development within environmental and economic contexts an

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Lauermann, John, and Anne Vogelpohl. "Fragile growth coalitions or powerful contestations? Cancelled Olympic bids in Boston and Hamburg." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 49, no. 8 (2017): 1887–904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518x17711447.

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Hosting sports “mega-events” like the Olympics is a common scenario among urban growth coalitions worldwide. They are promoted as temporary “catalysts” for local economic growth linked to exceptional decisions in land provision and public spending. But this model of growth politics is increasingly contested: recent Olympic bids have failed in a number of cities as urban social movements organize against them while growth coalitions are unable or unwilling to defend their projects. Two cities exemplify this changing political economic landscape: Boston (USA) and Hamburg (Germany). Both cities l

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Genel, Özlem Altınkaya, and ChengHe Guan. "Assessing Urbanization Dynamics in Turkey’s Marmara Region Using CORINE Data between 2006 and 2018." Remote Sensing 13, no. 4 (2021): 664. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13040664.

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This study investigated the urban growth dynamics of urban regions. The study area was the Marmara Region, one of the most densely populated and ecologically diverse areas in Turkey. Using CORINE land cover data for 2006, 2012, and 2018, the study utilized multiple correspondence analyses and cluster analyses, to analyze land cover changes. The resulting maps, visualized in GIS, revealed the rapid urban transformation of the regional structure, formerly comprised of four distinct areas, into a more complex structure, in which densification and sprawl occur simultaneously. Our findings demonstr

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Alves, Dos Santos Junior Orlando, and Monteiro Dos Santos Rogo. "The right to housing, the World Cup and the Olympics: reflections on the case of Rio de Janeiro." TERRITORIO, no. 64 (February 2013): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2013-064005.

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The preparation of Italian cities to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics is giving rise to many criticisms of urban development and redevelopment carried out in preparation for these events. This paper illustrates and discusses the impacts of these mega events on the city of Rio de Janeiro within the conceptual framework of David Harvey's theories. An illustration is given of how and on the basis of which approaches clearance processes have been and continue to be carried out at the expense of the most vulnerable groups in the population. They are being carried out as part of urban d

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Brand, Nikki, and Marcel Hertogh. "Building with Nature as integrated design of infrastructures." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 15–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.123.

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Many people associate Building with Nature with its flagship project, the Sand Motor. This mega-nourishment redefined the role of natural processes in civil engineering projects, demonstrating that instead of ‘do no harm’ as the highest possible supporting goal of coastal infrastructure, the design could incorporate natural processes to attain societal and ecological goals. As such, the Sand Motor represents a key example of the integrated design of civil infrastructures. In this contribution, we pursue an improved understanding of the integrated design of civil infrastructures, by comparing t

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Mahmood, Khalid, and Nazila Bano Khalid. "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND ROAD CONGESTION: DEADLY PATH TO HOSPITALS." Pakistan Journal of Public Health 7, no. 3 (2017): 127–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.32413/pjph.v7i3.62.

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The emergency medical services (EMS) are essential services and time is the crucial factor in saving lives and reducing morbidities. The spatial and temporal differences of EMS accessibility are utmost priority for the assessment, provision and efficient emergency service dispatch in densely populated urban communities of low to middle income countries. The EMS of mega populous cities like Karachi manifests the oblivious of governance to such essential and functional collaboration. The impact of traffic congestion and gridlock on EMS accessibility is significant in areas where there unending d

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Deng, Huishu, Marta Mancini, Li Zhang, and Michele Bonino. "Beijing 2022 between urban renovation and Olympic sporting legacy: the case of Shougang." Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité, no. 107 (2020): 53–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sm/2019040.

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Among urban redevelopment projects, the regeneration of industrial brownfields has become an important issue in North America, Europe and, more recently, China. At the same time, the influence of short-term mega events, such as the Olympic Games, on host cities transformations has been growing throughout the decades. Thus, planning and integrating long-term brownfields regeneration with the Olympic legacy provide numerous potentials. This paper presents a theoretical study of the Olympic event as catalyst of urban transformations and, specifically, of brownfields redevelopment. The early biddi

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Maricato, Erminia. "The Future of Global Peripheral Cities." Latin American Perspectives 44, no. 2 (2017): 18–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582x16685174.

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In June 2013 an unprecedented movement spearheaded by young people took to the streets of Brazilian cities. Despite the diversity of explanations of the protests, one thing became clear: the urban question was at the center of events. Brazil has become an international role model for its innovations in social policy and even urban policy. There have been social struggles for a democratic city. New policies, new programs, new projects, and a Ministry of Cities have been created. This democratic and participatory process has taken place in the context of fiscal adjustment and therefore contentio

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