Contemporary Megaprojects

Seth Schindler is Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Transformation in the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. He previously coordinated the MA in Global Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin.Simin Fadaee is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Social Movements in Iran: Environmental and Civil Society (Routledge, 2012) and the editor of Understanding Southern Social Movements (Routledge, 2016). She servers as a board member of the Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movements (RC47) of the International Sociological Association.Dan Brockington is Director of the Sheffield Institute of International Development at the University of Sheffield. His books include Fortress Conservation, Nature Unbound (Routledge, 2008), Celebrity Advocacy and International Development (Routledge, 2014), and The Anthology of Conservation NBOs (Palgrave, 2018).

• Introduction: Contemporary Megaprojects: An IntroductionSeth Schindler, Simin Fadaee, and Dan BrockingtonChapter 1. Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of InfrastructureAshley Carse and David KneasChapter 2. Biomimicry as a Meta-Resource and Megaproject: A Literature ReviewVeronica DavidovChapter 3. The Urban Politics of Mega-Events: Grand Promises Meet Local ResistanceJohn LauermannChapter 4. Mega-Plantations in Southeast Asia: Landscapes of DisplacementMiles Kenney-Lazar and Noboru IshikawaChapter 5. Becoming an Agricultural Growth Corridor: African Megaprojects at a Situated ScaleSerena Stein and Marc KalinaChapter 6. What Makes a Megaproject? A Review of Global Hydropower AssemblagesGrant M. Gutierrez, Sarah Kelly, Joshua J. Cousins, and Christopher SneddonChapter 7. Remaking Oceans Governance: Critical Perspectives on Marine Spatial PlanningLuke Fairbanks, Noëlle Boucquey, Lisa M. Campbell, and Sarah WiseChapter 8. (Un)seen Seas: Technological Mediation, Oceanic Imaginaries, and Future DepthsStephanie RattéChapter 9. Home and Away: The Politics of Life after EarthMicha Rahder