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Flyvbjerg Bent

Megaprojects and risk : An anatomy of ambition - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003 - 207p viii

Contents
1. The Megaprojects paradox
2. A calamitous history of cost overrun
3. The demand for Megaprojects
4. Substance and spin in Megaproject economics
5. Environmental impacts and risk
6. Regional and economic growth effects
7. Dealing with risk
8. Conventional Megaproject development
9. Lessons of privatisation
10. Four instruments of accountability
11. Accountable Megaproject decision making
12. Beyond the Megaprojects paradox
Appendix. Risk and accountability at work: a case study.

ISBN: 9780521804202

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Project management2. Risk management

Dewey Class. No.: 658.400000 / FLY