Contemporary Megaprojects : : Organization, Vision, and Resistance in the 21st Century / / ed. by Seth Schindler, Dan Brockington, Simin Fadaee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Boucquey, Noëlle,; Brockington, Dan,; Campbell, Lisa M.,; Carse, Ashley,; Cousins, Joshua J.,; Davidov, Veronica,; Fadaee, Simin,; Fairbanks, Luke,; Gutierrez, Grant M.,; Ishikawa, Noboru,; Kalina, Marc,; Kelly, Sarah,; Kenney-Lazar, Miles,; Kneas, David,; Lauermann, John,; Rahder, Micha,; Ratté, Stephanie,; Schindler, Seth,; Sneddon, Christopher,; Stein, Serena,; Wise, Sarah,
• HerausgeberIn: Brockington, Dan,; Fadaee, Simin,; Schindler, Seth,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, TABLES, AND FIGURES --; INTRODUCTION. Contemporary Megaprojects: An Introduction --; CHAPTER 1 . Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of Infrastructure --; CHAPTER 2 . Biomimicry as a Meta-Resource and Megaproject: A Literature Review --; CHAPTER 3 . The Urban Politics of Mega-Events: Grand Promises Meet Local Resistance --; CHAPTER 4 . Mega-Plantations in Southeast Asia: Landscapes of Displacement --; CHAPTER 5 . Becoming an Agricultural Growth Corridor: African Megaprojects at a Situated Scale --; CHAPTER 6 . What Makes a Megaproject? A Review of Global Hydropower Assemblages --; CHAPTER 7 . Remaking Oceans Governance: Critical Perspectives on Marine Spatial Planning --; CHAPTER 8 . (Un)seen Seas: Technological Mediation, Oceanic Imaginaries, and Future Depths --; CHAPTER 9 . Home and Away: The Politics of Life after Earth --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800731530; 9783110997675
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800731530?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Seth Schindler, Dan Brockington, Simin Fadaee.

Contemporary megaprojects have evolved from the discreet, modernist projects undertaken in the past by centralized authorities to encompass everything from large-scale construction to space exploration. Contemporary Megaprojects explores how these projects have been impacted by cutting-edge technology, the private sector, and the processes of decentralization and dematerialization. With case studies ranging from mega-plantations in Southeast Asia to ocean mapping to sports events, the contributions in this collected volume demonstrate the increasing ambition and pervasiveness of these projects, as well as their significant impact on both society and the environment.