Description: Further DetailsTitle: Megaprojects and RiskCondition: NewSubtitle: An Anatomy of AmbitionEAN: 9780521009461ISBN: 9780521009461Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/13/2003Description: Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built. It shows, in unusual depth, how the formula for approval is an unhealthy cocktail of underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts and overvalued economic development effects. This results in projects that are extremely risky, but where the risk is concealed from MPs, taxpayers and investors. The authors not only explore the problems but also suggest practical solutions drawing on theory, experience and hard, scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents that illustrate the book. Accessibly written, it will be the standard reference for students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians and interested citizens for many years to come.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 153mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 367gAuthor: Nils Bruzelius, Werner Rothengatter, Bent FlyvbjergGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: Social Sciences, Technology & Engineering, Business & Finance, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Megaprojects and Risk
Title: Megaprojects and Risk
Subtitle: An Anatomy of Ambition
EAN: 9780521009461
ISBN: 9780521009461
Release Date: 02/13/2003
Release Year: 2003
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Topic: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 215 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Megaprojects and Risk : an Anatomy of Ambition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Project Management, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Sociology / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.9 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Bent Flyvbjerg, Werner Rothengatter, Nils Bruzelius
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
