International Handbook on Mega-Projects

Edited by Hugo Priemus, Professor Emeritus of System Innovation and Spatial Development and Bert van Wee, Professor of Transport Policy, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

• Contents:1. Mega-projects: High Ambitions, Complex Decision-making, Different Actors, Multiple ImpactsHugo Priemus and Bert van WeePART I: DECISION-MAKING ON MEGA-PROJECTS2. Strategic and Tactical Performance of Mega-projects – Between Successful Failures and Inefficient SuccessesKnut Samset3. The Shaping of Large Engineering ProjectsDonald R. Lessard and Roger Miller4. Real-world Decision-making on Mega-projects: Politics, Bias and Strategic BehaviourMartijn Leijten5. Dealing with the Complexity, Uncertainties and Risk of Mega-projects: Redundancy, Resilience and AdaptivityHugo Priemus, Marian Bosch-Rekveldt and Mendel Giezen6. New Public Management and the New Features of Strategic BehaviourErnst ten Heuvelhof and Martijn LeijtenPART II: PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND MULTI-ACTOR ANALYSIS7. Public–Private Partnerships in Mega-projects: Successes and TensionsMatti Siemiatycki8. The Political Economy of Urban Infrastructure Kevin Dwarka and Eran Feitelson9. Public–Private Partnership in Developing and Governing Mega-projectsGraeme Hodge and Carsten Greve10. Mega-projects in Intermodal Freight Transport: Innovation AdoptionArjan van Binsbergen, Rob Konings, Lóri Tavasszy and Ron van Duin11. Multi-actor and Multi-criteria Analysis in Evaluating Mega-projectsCathy Macharis and Peter NijkampPART III: COST–BENEFIT ANALYSIS: EX ANTE EVALUATION OF MEGA-PROJECTS12. CBA: Ex Ante Evaluation of Mega-projectsBert van Wee and Piet Rietveld13. The Use of CBA in Decision-making on Mega-projects: Empirical EvidenceJan Anne Annema14. Long-term Impacts of Mega-projects: The Discount RateCarl Koopmans and Piet Rietveld15. Mega-projects’ Cost Performance and Lock-in: Problems and SolutionsChantal C. Cantarelli and Bent Flyvbjerg16. Ethics and the Ex Ante Evaluation of Mega-projectsBert van WeePART IV: WIDER IMPACTS: REGIONAL GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY17. The Wider Economic Impacts of Mega-projects in TransportRoger Vickerman18. Mega-projects: New Challenges to Cope with Climate Change and Energy TransitionJan Anne Annema and Hugo Priemus 19. Road Vehicle Automation: Elephant in the Infrastructure RoomRichard GilbertIndex

‘This book excels in its coverage of political, social, economic and environmental factors affecting megaprojects. Both novices and those experienced in project management will find this a useful resource for understanding the dynamics and decision-making process in megaprojects.’