This final report is a summary version of Megaprojects for Megacities: A Comparative Casebook, to be published by Edward Elgar Publishers in 2022; all rights reserved. Megaprojects for Megacities includes detailed case studies and analysis of 14 sets of contemporary megaprojects from around the world, including (i) London Cross rail; (ii) Metro systems in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen; (iii) China’s high- speed rail network; (iv) Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in six Latin American and Asian cities; (v) Seattle’s Alaska Way Tunnel; (vi) the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge; (vii) Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport; (viii) The Berlin-Brandenburg Airport; (ix) New York City’s New LaGuardia Airport; (x) Canary Wharf in London; (xi) HafenCity Hamburg; (xii) Songdo International Business District in South Korea; (xiii) New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge Park; and (xiv) Five world-class renewable energy megaprojects.
Over the past few decades, urbanization and economic growth have intensified the need for more efficient urban andregional transportation, including t...
This report summarizes the findings of the "new systemsstudy. The study reflects the concern of the Department ofHousing and Urban Development for cit...
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