Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development最新文献

{"title":"Repairing infrastructures: the maintenance and materiality of power","authors":"Daniel Durrant","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2021.1981658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2021.1981658","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133990525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mega infrastructure projects as agents of change: new perspectives on ‘the global infrastructure gap’","authors":"H. Dimitriou, B. Field","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1786877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1786877","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article seeks to highlight the need for the development of enhanced and adaptive strategic decision-making frameworks for mega infrastructure investment. The authors contend that contagious narratives about ‘the global infrastructure-gap’, and related estimates of more geographically-specific ‘infrastructure deficits’ are in danger of effectuating inapt outcomes if set against the multiple critical challenges of the 21st century and failing efforts at meeting global and local goals of sustainable development. They argue that as new knowledge and evidence emerges about the advances made and damage incurred by past mega infrastructure investments, and as prospects offered by new technological horizons evolve, it is timely to systematically scrutinise previous practice to ascertain what has been done well and what has not, and decide what should be done differently to deliver more sustainable outcomes. It is argued that research and development of this kind can significantly benefit from new scientific findings and technological innovations fast being brought into the public domain, informing more resilient investment approaches when accompanied by meaningful analyses of the sensitivities of key contextual forces that mould infrastructure development.","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129090632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ranking countries for their climate actions","authors":"B. Field, Farrukh Khan","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2019.1706923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2019.1706923","url":null,"abstract":"At the time of writing, the latest iteration of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, CoP25, is underway in Madrid. As it gets into its stride, negotiators continue to squabble not only over what it is going to discuss but, perhaps more seriously, over what it is actually allowed to do. Yet climate scientists are almost unanimous that unless global warming is checked, the planet’s capacity to support its growing population will be significantly undermined. Meanwhile, the World Meteorological Organisation’s ‘Emission’s Gap Report’ (WMO 2019) confirms that whilst the cost of cutting emissions is rising, the biggest emitters and world’s richest nations are some way off meeting what they themselves have pledged voluntarily by way of mitigation. It is against the backdrop of such prevarication some would say complacency that I have invited Farrukh Khan to join in preparation of the ‘Carte Blanche’ contribution in this issue. We are suggesting that more needs to be done to supplement the Paris Agreement’s voluntary regime, with a relatively simple transparent and deliverable process that both increases scrutiny and accountability. To this end, a ‘name and shame’ strategy that scores and ranks countries for their climate action might be a sensible way forward to accelerate the process of combating climate change. Proliferating inter-governmental institutions, non-state actors, and climate networks have created a spaghetti bowl within which it is nearly impossible to determine who is responsible, and how any of the participants can be held accountable, for their actions to address climate change. There simply isn’t a proper compliance mechanism within the climate regime. Policing and ensuring compliance with the ambition of the Paris Agreement requires a radical departure from the current voluntary peer-to-peer acquiescence and bottom-up attempts to counteract the unfolding climate catastrophe. It’s time to hold both countries and all others making climate action commitments accountable, obliging them to deliver on their promises by ranking them for their efforts and results. Climate change has fast become the most important global challenge that we have ever faced. The gap between what is needed and the existing national pledges, socalled Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), is clearly failing to slow the pace of global warming. Current global pledges to counteract climate change are abysmally low. To limit global warming to below the Paris Agreement goal of 2 C, and to pursue even more strenuous efforts to limit the temperature increase to only 1.5 C, the world needs to massively scale up its efforts. Scientific assessment suggests that tripling of the existing commitments is required to stay within the 2 C warming threshold, with","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131842112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable development through quality infrastructure: emerging focus on quality over quantity","authors":"Motoko Aizawa","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2019.1706922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2019.1706922","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This is an advocacy rather than scientific paper that offers a narrative on the process of shaping the G20 Principles on Quality Infrastructure, announced at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Osaka in June 2019. Caught between a rock and a hard place – the rock being the United States with its sphere of influence in which Japan has historically thrived, and the hard place being China with its global reach that forces Japan to constantly seek new ways of coexistence – Japan used its G7 platform in 2016, and recently its prestigious G20 presidency, to secure a unique space for itself by offering its vision on quality infrastructure. While hitting the mark on economic governance, social sustainability and inclusivity aspects, the Principles fall short when it comes to addressing environmental considerations and the key issue of climate change. Nonetheless, in a world lacking universal and authoritative standards on quality infrastructure, the Principles could still have significant impact in developing countries. The paper offers observations on ways to keep the Principles both relevant and practicable, including through collaboration between China and Japan in their infrastructure endeavours across Asia, Africa, and beyond.","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125162015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"2019-20 OMEGA Centre Seminar Programme, University College London, London, UK: Report on OMEGA seminar presented on 20th November 2019 entitled: 21st Century Megaproject Port Development and Logistics: Prospects and Problems in the use of blockchain, presented by Wolfgang Lehmacher","authors":"C. Osborne, Helen Chen","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1737310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1737310","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127125020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"2019–20 OMEGA Centre Seminar Programme, University College London, London, UK: Report on OMEGA seminar presented on 11th December 2019 entitled: Defining benefits on mega projects – a way through the fog, presented by Paul Mansell","authors":"Helen Chen, C. Osborne","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1737311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1737311","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on his experiences as an independent advisor to the UK Government’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and from insights gained from his own consultancy firm (ImpaQt Consulting Ltd...","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"337 14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134521513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Licensed larceny: infrastructure, financial extraction and the global South","authors":"S. Bhusal","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1737308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1737308","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"70 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125973747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"No Little Plans: How Government Built America’s Wealth and Infrastructure","authors":"Zachary Callen","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1737309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1737309","url":null,"abstract":"In No Little Plans: How Government Built America’s Wealth and Infrastructure, Ian Wray grapples with the impact of state intervention on American political development. In particular, Wray is inter...","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121266365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The problem/solution nexus in megaproject planning","authors":"Nathan Pittman, Jennifer Day","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1773147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1773147","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper explores the development of the ‘problem/solution nexus’ of a cancelled mega urban transport project in Melbourne, Australia. The East-West Link (Eastern Section) was the most recent iteration of a cross-town motorway connection that has been proposed numerous times since the 1960s, most recently in early 2013. After a State parliamentary election in November 2014, in which the opposition party defeated the incumbent, the project contracts were cancelled, amid widespread community discontent. This research employs the concept of ‘problem/solution nexus’ – in which problem and solution are recursively generated and arise in tandem – to explore the historical framing of the problems the project was intended to solve. We perform a discourse analysis of planning documents and government reports, complemented by interviews with several policy-makers and analysts. Our work demonstrates how the problematisation of the project was changed in key documents to make the solution appear more viable, which propelled the project forward and means a likely return in the future.","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124165105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mega infrastructure as a dynamic ecosystem: Lessons from America’s interstate system and Boston’s big dig","authors":"V. Greiman, E. Sclar","doi":"10.1080/24724718.2020.1742624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24724718.2020.1742624","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Infrastructure development has become a subject of interest to governments in every corner of the world from India’s smart cities, to China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project to Africa’s Trans-West Coastal Highway. Notably, megainfrastructure projects are typically more expensive and time consuming than initial estimates. It is contended that these results indicate weaknesses in project decision-making. Furthermore, when project benefits are compared to final project costs, too many of these projects should not even have been undertaken. While improved pre-project decision-making is important, we argue that such ex ante/ex post static evaluation misses the important transformative impacts inherent in these endeavors. It is often the larger inherent institutional transformations embedded in the increased cost and time that create larger and more enduring substantive value. Because megaprojects are transformative they change institutional relationships creating new social benefits and opportunities that could not have been initially foreseen and that would not have occurred in the project’s absence. Using Boston’s “Big Dig,” as case-in-point, we propose a more comprehensive and integrative evaluative ex post appreciation of such projects. We meld the creation of the new physical infrastructure with the urban political, economic and social systems within which it is embedded and within which it adds social and economic value. We believe such comprehensive understanding is warranted because in the final analysis it is these larger, not easily quantifiable, impacts, far more than short term cost and benefit estimations, regardless of mathematical sophistication, that are most determinative of the well-being of center cities and metropolitan regions around the world.","PeriodicalId":143411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129526543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}