Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.
|
|||||||||
Perfect Partner
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects: Shaping Institutions, Risks and Governance by R Miller
£26.55
|
Rationality and Power (Morality & Society) by Bent Flyvbjerg
£9.50
|
Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again by Bent Flyvbjerg  (2)
£15.19
|
Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment by Alan A. Altshuler
£15.91
|
Project Risk Management: Processes, Techniques and Insights, 2nd Edition: Processes, Techniques and Insights by Chris Chapman (1)
£23.79
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
See all customer reviews...
| Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links (What is this?) |
Anatomical Products
www.anatomical-products.com
Anatomical charts, models and reference material.
Skeleton Models
www.galaxymed.de
Great value anatomical models Branded quality at super-low prices
Skeletons
acupuncturedirect.co.uk
Wide range of skeletons, joint models and skulls at great prices
Product Description
THE TIMES, LONDON, APRIL 16, 2003
"This book is a cracker. In lurid and startling detail it examines dozens of vast construction schemes around the world."
Review
Life is too short to read every tome penned by Scandinavian and German social scientists. But Megaprojects and Risk, written by Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius and Werner Rothengatter, is a cracker. In lurid and startling detail it examines dozens of vast construction schemes around the world. The Times, London impressive Get the book and read the story. Its megamazing. Law Society Journal
I will use this book for many years to come in my urban planning classes Anyone concerned with public works projects, planning, and ethics in public policy making should read this book. It provides a genuinely original perspective. Martin Wachs, University of California, Berkeley
This book is a warning against the betrayal of public trust when hubris and profit come together. It shows that some decisions are too important to be left only to the accredited experts; that there is no substitute for a post-normal science involving citizens active participation We should all learn the lesson brought home by this book, and never accept uncritically the experts magic numbers that are used to justify megaprojects. Silvio Funtowicz and Jerry Ravetz, authors of Uncertainty and Quality of Science for Policy
Reading this fascinating story one is reminded of Enron and similar affairs recommends itself. Professor Andreas Faludi, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands The book is provocative throughout, documenting the often dismal performance history of these huge projects and calling attention to the forces that make reform a formidable undertaking. Civil Engineering
Megaprojects and Risk is an important and innovative book. It should be required reading for any serious student of planning and project management, as well as for professionals concerned with the planning and financing of public projects. Sir Peter Hall, Institute of Community Studies, London should be required reading for anybody in government with any role of budgetary oversight. Moneyweb
The book is of enormous practical relevance, written by a team whose empirical engagement with their material - and what important empirical and theoretical material it is - is exemplary This is a social science that matters - because it makes a difference. Stewart Clegg, School of Management, University of Technology, Sydney fascinating Do read this book. Financial Express, India a thought-provoking book that presents a clear, concise, and readable argument to change the ways large infrastructure projects are managed around the world. Environment & Planning
For readers interested in project management, Megaprojects and Risk is a must. Barbara Czarniawska, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg University In particular, the aspect of unstoppable projects seems to be of pivotal interest and has been overlooked in literature on planning until recently. Flyvbjerg et al. fill this gap a fascinating reading that convincingly illustrates shortcomings, pitfalls and strategies of megaproject developments I can only recommend people to read this book even if planning, reform or risk analysis are currently only of remote interest to the reader - this book might change this. British Journal of Sociology
Many people talk about deliberative democracy, but few have actually done it. Megaprojects and Risk is an important contribution to the literature showing how it is possible for us to deliberate rationally and publicly about risk and those large scale decisions that are increasingly the concern of modern politics. James Bohman, Department of Philosophy, St Louis University, Missouri
Love them or loathe them, megaprojects capture the imagination And Bent Flyvbjergs damning analysis concentrates on a series of financial nightmares that should bring even the most casual reader out in a sweat. New Scientist the book is convincing in methodological, theoretical and practical terms. Megaprojects and Risk is written in clear language and in a condensed way. Town Planning Review
Megaprojects and Risk provides a fascinating look at the pervasiveness of misinformation in the planning of major construction projects and the systematic bias of such misinformation toward justifying project implementation. The power of its analysis is vastly reinforced by the range of cases examined, extending over seventy years and five continents. An extraordinary accomplishment, it will doubtless serve as the standard reference on this topic for many years to come. Alan Altshuler, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Flyvbjerg is calling for an independent auditing body, such as the Audit Commission, to assess costings on publicly funded megaprojects before they win approval, not after they have run into trouble. Architects Journal shocking Building Magazine Megaprojects and Risk is an important and interesting book on a subject that deserves far greater attention than it has received hitherto. The material is by nature inter disciplinary and is, therefore, of interest to a wide readership, including project managers, policy analysts, planners, civil engineers, sociologists and political scientists, as well as geographers It is concise and clear the subject matter is extremely interesting, timely and relevant perhaps the best thing to be said of the book is that it stimulates thought and suggests greater study, perhaps beyond the immediate concerns of the authors. Geographical Journal
Messrs. Flyvbjerg, Bruzeloius and Rothengatter of Denmark, Sweden and Germany, respectively, have evidently tried to strike a raw nerve by subtitling their book, Megaprojects and Risk - An Autonomy of Ambition. As development planners and transportation economists the trio have not spared any punches in linking the failure of megaprojects to human greed. The Financial Express a masterful book should be required reading. The Public Purpose
a fascinating account of how promoters of multibillion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform Parliaments, the public and the media, to get projects approved and built. Asia Intelligence intriguing. Washington Post
a devastating new piece of research Professor Slyvbjerg is one of those pesky academics who beaver away, asking difficult questions, until suddenly a host of seemingly random incidents form a pat
"This book is a cracker. In lurid and startling detail it examines dozens of vast construction schemes around the world."
Review
Life is too short to read every tome penned by Scandinavian and German social scientists. But Megaprojects and Risk, written by Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius and Werner Rothengatter, is a cracker. In lurid and startling detail it examines dozens of vast construction schemes around the world. The Times, London impressive Get the book and read the story. Its megamazing. Law Society Journal
I will use this book for many years to come in my urban planning classes Anyone concerned with public works projects, planning, and ethics in public policy making should read this book. It provides a genuinely original perspective. Martin Wachs, University of California, Berkeley
This book is a warning against the betrayal of public trust when hubris and profit come together. It shows that some decisions are too important to be left only to the accredited experts; that there is no substitute for a post-normal science involving citizens active participation We should all learn the lesson brought home by this book, and never accept uncritically the experts magic numbers that are used to justify megaprojects. Silvio Funtowicz and Jerry Ravetz, authors of Uncertainty and Quality of Science for Policy
Reading this fascinating story one is reminded of Enron and similar affairs recommends itself. Professor Andreas Faludi, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands The book is provocative throughout, documenting the often dismal performance history of these huge projects and calling attention to the forces that make reform a formidable undertaking. Civil Engineering
Megaprojects and Risk is an important and innovative book. It should be required reading for any serious student of planning and project management, as well as for professionals concerned with the planning and financing of public projects. Sir Peter Hall, Institute of Community Studies, London should be required reading for anybody in government with any role of budgetary oversight. Moneyweb
The book is of enormous practical relevance, written by a team whose empirical engagement with their material - and what important empirical and theoretical material it is - is exemplary This is a social science that matters - because it makes a difference. Stewart Clegg, School of Management, University of Technology, Sydney fascinating Do read this book. Financial Express, India a thought-provoking book that presents a clear, concise, and readable argument to change the ways large infrastructure projects are managed around the world. Environment & Planning
For readers interested in project management, Megaprojects and Risk is a must. Barbara Czarniawska, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg University In particular, the aspect of unstoppable projects seems to be of pivotal interest and has been overlooked in literature on planning until recently. Flyvbjerg et al. fill this gap a fascinating reading that convincingly illustrates shortcomings, pitfalls and strategies of megaproject developments I can only recommend people to read this book even if planning, reform or risk analysis are currently only of remote interest to the reader - this book might change this. British Journal of Sociology
Many people talk about deliberative democracy, but few have actually done it. Megaprojects and Risk is an important contribution to the literature showing how it is possible for us to deliberate rationally and publicly about risk and those large scale decisions that are increasingly the concern of modern politics. James Bohman, Department of Philosophy, St Louis University, Missouri
Love them or loathe them, megaprojects capture the imagination And Bent Flyvbjergs damning analysis concentrates on a series of financial nightmares that should bring even the most casual reader out in a sweat. New Scientist the book is convincing in methodological, theoretical and practical terms. Megaprojects and Risk is written in clear language and in a condensed way. Town Planning Review
Megaprojects and Risk provides a fascinating look at the pervasiveness of misinformation in the planning of major construction projects and the systematic bias of such misinformation toward justifying project implementation. The power of its analysis is vastly reinforced by the range of cases examined, extending over seventy years and five continents. An extraordinary accomplishment, it will doubtless serve as the standard reference on this topic for many years to come. Alan Altshuler, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Flyvbjerg is calling for an independent auditing body, such as the Audit Commission, to assess costings on publicly funded megaprojects before they win approval, not after they have run into trouble. Architects Journal shocking Building Magazine Megaprojects and Risk is an important and interesting book on a subject that deserves far greater attention than it has received hitherto. The material is by nature inter disciplinary and is, therefore, of interest to a wide readership, including project managers, policy analysts, planners, civil engineers, sociologists and political scientists, as well as geographers It is concise and clear the subject matter is extremely interesting, timely and relevant perhaps the best thing to be said of the book is that it stimulates thought and suggests greater study, perhaps beyond the immediate concerns of the authors. Geographical Journal
Messrs. Flyvbjerg, Bruzeloius and Rothengatter of Denmark, Sweden and Germany, respectively, have evidently tried to strike a raw nerve by subtitling their book, Megaprojects and Risk - An Autonomy of Ambition. As development planners and transportation economists the trio have not spared any punches in linking the failure of megaprojects to human greed. The Financial Express a masterful book should be required reading. The Public Purpose
a fascinating account of how promoters of multibillion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform Parliaments, the public and the media, to get projects approved and built. Asia Intelligence intriguing. Washington Post
a devastating new piece of research Professor Slyvbjerg is one of those pesky academics who beaver away, asking difficult questions, until suddenly a host of seemingly random incidents form a pat