Essays about: "mega-project"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word mega-project.

  1. 1. Planning an academic cluster to achieve social inclusion – is it possible? : An exploration about young residents’ perceptions of Paris-Saclay, France

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Claire Marie Valérie Bach; [2022]
    Keywords : mega project; academic cluster; young population; inclusion; local connection; co-presence; megaprojekt; akademiskt kluster; ung befolkning; inkludering; lokal anslutning; samvaro;

    Abstract : The development of a mega project in relation with its local proximity is a major challenge in urban planning. This study explores young residents’ perceptions of Paris-Saclay, France, an academic mega cluster in the south of Paris. READ MORE

  3. 2. A "giant furrow" or a "way to economic prosperity"? A conflict in the meaning of environmental sustainability - the case of Rail Baltica mega-project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Maiken Ristmae; [2022]
    Keywords : environmental sustainability; scale; politics of scale; discourse; mega-project; planning process; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the conflict situation that has emerged around the environmental discourse in the planning process of a railway mega-project in Estonia. A discourse analysis is carried out on policy documents, publications, and interviews following Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory and methodological guidelines, to examine the ways that the concept of sustainability conflicts between stakeholders. READ MORE

  4. 3. LEFTOVERS

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : CHANG HYUN AHN; [2020]
    Keywords : public; mega project; Kiruna;

    Abstract :  Unlike the city calling the project as 'moving city', what actually happening in Kiruna is that demolishing the old part and building a new area. During this process, specific researches were done on each houses by municipality and only few heritages, estimated as culturally valuable, are picked up and will be preserved as it is. READ MORE

  5. 4. China’s geo-economic gambit in Pakistan An investigation on the strategic implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Mollestam; [2019]
    Keywords : Belt and Road Initiative; Chinese Communist Party; China; China-Pakistan Economic Corridor; Geo-economic; Gwadar; Pakistan; Security; Strategic.; Social Sciences; History and Archaeology; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : States are increasingly applying economic means of power to pursue political objectives. The Chinese geo-economic mega-project the Belt and Road Initiative is the worlds foremost example of this trend. At the heart of this strategy, both geographically and strategically, is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. READ MORE

  6. 5. Stakeholder participation to improve societal acceptance for mega projects. : A case study of the forum for the coal-power plant “Datteln 4” project

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Tassilo Jäger; Anna Zakharova; [2014]
    Keywords : mega projects; stakeholder participation; societal acceptance; project success; involvement; forum; power plant projects; facilitation;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to evaluate how stakeholder participation should be implemented to improve societal acceptance for mega projects. Thereby societal acceptance is seen as a major contributor to project success in this context and involving society in decision-making and two-way dialogue is recognized as the most  effective to achieve this. READ MORE