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Adi Maimun, N H (2016) Price and rent effects of energy efficiency in residential properties: evidence from the Belfast Metropolitan area, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.
Akbar, M R (2012) Evaluating sustainability in high-rise developments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.
Alnaseem, N (2022) Private equity infrastructure investment in emerging economies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.
Birnie, J W (1993) A behavioural study using decision analysis of building cost prediction by chartered quantity surveyors, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.
Bradley, P (2019) The development of a conceptual framework to help achieve low carbon commercial office buildings in London by 2050, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.
Burballa Noria, A (2018) The governance of megaproject developments: lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Applied Social and Policy Studies, Ulster University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: governance; government; interview; Italy; railway; Spain
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- URL: https://ulster.pure.elsevier.com/en/studentTheses/48702d75-b8a4-4cca-bcad-ba449860a00b
- Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to identify and understand the factors and mechanisms that underpin the resilience of megaproject developments. To interrogate the subject, the study draws tools from critical urban political theory which enable to analyse and conceptualise the multiple political and governance components making up the process. The study consists of a qualitative design and adopts a comparative strategy. The comparison is conducted between two high-speed railway contested developments: the New Line TurinLyon (Italy) and the New Railway for the Basque Country (Spain). In terms of data collection, the study relies on semi-structured interviews, documents and complementary participant observations. Salient elements within the governance processes are inductively identified through the thematic analysis technique. The analysis is then supported by a contextualisation of the case studies that highlights a plethora of aspects with implications for the governance process. The analysis notes the different interrelated mechanisms and governance arrangements that contribute to the buttressing of the megaproject development processes. In first instance it notes how the extant politico-economic configurations and structures constitute a relevant source of support through their discourses and techniques of government but also through the underlying consent. Additionally, from a agency-centred perspective, it outlines further manoeuvres and tactics that contribute to strengthen the megaproject plans, from coalitional practices to managerial arrangements. Lastly, it interrogates the ways in which the opposition is undermined to further secure the plans through the operating state selectivities in addition to coercive measures. Accordingly, the thesis brings forward a unique contribution to the field of megaproject scholarly work emphasising on the political nature of their governance. It concludes noting that the factors and mechanisms underlying megaproject governance are multi-faceted. More specifically, their resilience derives from practices on the ground but also from the politicoeconomic and socio-spatial configurations in which, as political processes, they are inserted.
Gunasekera, S (2013) The development of a framework for assessing the integration of construction supply chains, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment , Ulster University.
Gunning, J G (2003) The enhancement of quality in construction project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.
Ratcliffe, J S (2001) Built environment futures: A general examination of the role of future studies in built environment policy formulation, with a particular appraisal of the use of the foresight principal through scenario planning techniques in the framing, testing and imp, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Ulster University.