Contemporary Megaprojects

Organization, Vision, and Resistance in the 21st Century
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-152-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 284 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schindler, Seth

Fadaee, Simin

Brockington, Dan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Contemporary Megaprojects: An Introduction

Seth Schindler, Simin Fadaee, and Dan Brockington

Chapter 1. Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of Infrastructure

Ashley Carse and David Kneas

Chapter 2. Biomimicry as a Meta-Resource and Megaproject: A Literature Review

Veronica Davidov

Chapter 3. The Urban Politics of Mega-Events: Grand Promises Meet Local Resistance

John Lauermann

Chapter 4. Mega-Plantations in Southeast Asia: Landscapes of Displacement

Miles Kenney-Lazar and Noboru Ishikawa

Chapter 5. Becoming an Agricultural Growth Corridor: African Megaprojects at a Situated Scale

Serena Stein and Marc Kalina

Chapter 6. What Makes a Megaproject? A Review of Global Hydropower Assemblages

Grant M. Gutierrez, Sarah Kelly, Joshua J. Cousins, and Christopher Sneddon

Chapter 7. Remaking Oceans Governance: Critical Perspectives on Marine Spatial Planning

Luke Fairbanks, Noëlle Boucquey, Lisa M. Campbell, and Sarah Wise

Chapter 8. (Un)seen Seas: Technological Mediation, Oceanic Imaginaries, and Future Depths

Stephanie Ratté

Chapter 9. Home and Away: The Politics of Life after Earth

Micha Rahder

Über Autor(innen)

Schindler, Seth
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.

Fadaee, Simin
Simin Fadaee is Senior 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 is a co-editor of the Journal Sociology and serves as a board member of the Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movements (RC47) of the International Sociological Association.

Brockington, Dan
Dan Brockington is co-Director of the Sheffield Institute of International Development at the University of Sheffield. His recent books include The Anthropology of Conservation NGOs (Palgrave, 2018), and (with Christine Noel) Prosperity in Rural Africa? (Oxford University Press, 2021).

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.