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Low, Nicholas; Sturup, Sophie; Zembri, Genevieve; Campagnac, Élisabeth; Kaparos, George; Skayannis, Pantoleon; Muromachi, Yasunori; Iwakura, Seiji; Itaya, Kazuya; Giezen, Mendel; Bertolini, Luca; Salet, Willem; Khan, Jamil; Petterson, Fredrik; Holmberg, Bengt; Ward, EJ; Wright, Phil G.; Dimitriou, H

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“…Traffic on the roads is a significant issue, particularly during peak hours, when the travel time to a location by car can be tripled compared to the rest of the day. As a result, in addition to contributing to reducing environmental problems, another reason for the Metro's creation was to reduce road traffic (Dimitriou et al 2014). We can see this from the growing number of people who use the Metro daily.…”

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Mega infrastructure projects and their contribution to sustainable development: the case of the Athens Metro

Mitoula

Papavasileiou

2023

Econ Change Restruct

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This paper examines the critical role of Mega Infrastructure Projects in sustainable urban and peripheral development by presenting a Sustainable Infrastructure Serum Analysis supported by primary field research. In the Athens Metro case study, we examined the project's impact on sustainable development by analysing the opinions of the project's users. As a result, the Athens Metro serves as a case study to help us better understand sustainable infrastructure as a framework for green growth from the standpoint of society. The three pillars of sustainable development are inextricably linked. This study focuses on the social comprehension and acceptance of a Mega Infrastructure Project effects. We attempt to demonstrate the interdependence of the three pillars of sustainable development through public opinion responses to our research by developing a statistical model fed by public responses to a prototype questionnaire that we developed to support our research objectives. The study's findings highlighted the project's social acceptability and necessity by establishing a direct positive correlation between sustainability, society, the economy, and the environment from the standpoint of society.

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Section: Literature Summary and Research Gapmentioning

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Mega infrastructure projects and their contribution to sustainable development: the case of the Athens Metro

Mitoula

Papavasileiou

2023

Econ Change Restruct

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“…Despite the importance of megaprojects in economic development, a major concern remains the persistent poor performance of megaprojects [9,27]. Studies across different sectors have highlighted that up to 82% of megaprojects fail to perform in accordance with the established performance evaluation criteria [9,14,32,71). This higher percentage of underperforming megaprojects overshadows the few that have performed well but unacknowledged.…”

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“…For instance, intensive capital investments in megaprojects in China have been associated with high rates of economic growth and, consequently, an upliftment of close to half a billion people above the poverty line between 1980 and 2000 [8]. While the importance of these developmental benefits cannot be overemphasized, megaprojects have also been found to have a tainted history of poor performance [9][10][11]. This poor performance has been espoused from technical, financial, socio-economic and environmental perspectives [12][13].…”

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Megaproject complexity attributes and competences: lessons from IT and construction projects

Nyarirangwe

Babatunde

2021

IJISPM

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Megaprojects have been associated with persistent underperformance technically, financially, socially and environmentally. This underperformance has been attributed to the inherent complexity attributes and the gaps in the form of the mismatch in the project management competences and processes used by the project management teams to deal with the complexity attributes. This study seeks to investigate the performance implications of these complexity attributes to recommend suitable management competences for the successful delivery of megaprojects. This conceptual study used an integrative literature review to analyze and synthesize findings from existing scientific articles related to the complexity constructs based on a comparative assessment of Information Technology (IT) and construction megaprojects. The Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Theory was also used to highlight some of the factors that influence megaproject performance towards identifying suitable management processes and competences, which are required to deal with megaprojects complexity. The key findings include a nomenclature of the main complexity attributes, their implications on the performance of IT and construction megaprojects, and, lastly, the managementcompetences and processes that are required to deal with the complexity attributes for improved megaproject performance.

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“…They generally conceived as infrastructure that will remove constraints to economic growth rather than being independent drivers of revenue; therefore, their true value cannot be captured with the application of traditional measures (Flyvbjerg et al, 2003). Examples of this project class include London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 (Davies et al, 2009), the Oresund Bridge (Dimitriou et al, 2014), and the London Elizabeth Line 4 (Whyte et al, 2016). At this scale, projects exhibit certain common characteristics.…”

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Tailoring Leadership to the Phase-Specific Needs of Large Scale Research Infrastructures

Eggleton

2020

SSRN Journal

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'Large Scale Research Infrastructures' (LSRIs), a subcategory of megaprojects which incorporate a characteristic of a high or 'super high' level of technological uncertainty, are often undertaken as cooperative projects with long lead times by one or more national governments. A lack of research into the effect of the LSRI project's lifecycle on the research organisation is apparent, particularly when scientists and engineers exercise freedom to organise the project directly. Two case studies used senior leadership selection as proxy for the LSRI project lifecycle using a contingency theory framework. These were the Tevatron (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA) and the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). This LSRI lifecycle is mapped onto lifecycles used in theory and in policy. Previous research did not detect that these projects become institutionalised, so influencing the selection of new research organisation senior leadership according to its needs at that stage of its lifecycle. This represents something of a novelty as most contingency theory work is theoretical with few attempts to use it as a conceptual framework for empirical evidence. The findings indicate a second new understanding, that while the literature characterises a leadership style transition from democratic to authoritarian as the project progresses, LSRIs exhibit a reverse transformation, probably as a product of the characteristically high level of organisational technical competence. The construction of LSRIs maps better onto the traditional project lifecycle and the National Science Foundation's large facility lifecycle than onto other lifecycles. There is a policy opportunity to commission a 'generational survey' upon the completion of an LSRI, to understand the characteristics of the 'next big machine'. The author would like to thank the CERN Archives Service (Geneva, Switzerland) for granting access to restricted sections of the CERN Archives, and also the Fermilab History and Archives Project (Batavia, IL, USA) for access to the Fermilab Archives, and both for assisting with the creation of interviewee pools. This version of the paper benefitted from the advice and comments of the SPRU Working Papers Series (SWPS) Editors and Reviewers including Katherine Lovell. The original research could not have been possible without the advice and support of my PhD supervisors: Ben Martin, the late Puay Tang, and Martin Meyer. Thanks also to my PhD viva examiners, Josh Siepel and Andy Davies, for their valuable comments and advice. This research was supported by a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) grant from the University of Sussex.

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Cited by 22 publications

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Mega infrastructure projects and their contribution to sustainable development: the case of the Athens Metro

Mega infrastructure projects and their contribution to sustainable development: the case of the Athens Metro

Megaproject complexity attributes and competences: lessons from IT and construction projects

Tailoring Leadership to the Phase-Specific Needs of Large Scale Research Infrastructures

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