Self-induced Shocks: Mega-Projects and Urban Development.
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Die Geschichte der jüngsten Großprojekte in Deutschland ist in weiten Teilen eine Geschichte von Misserfolgen. Hinlänglich bekannte Beispiele wurden zum Sinnbild für Planungsfehler, kostspielige Mehrausgaben und übermäßige Verzögerungen. Trotz dieser systembedingten Risiken, die den massiven, hierarchisch gesteuerten Eingriffen in die urbane Struktur innewohnen, haben Großprojekte seit jeher einen entscheidenden Anteil an der Entwicklung von Städten. Als "selbstinduzierte Schocks" schaffen sie einen Ausnahmezustand, der äußerst effektiv zu einer konzentrierten Bündelung von Finanzen, Expertise und öffentlicher Aufmerksamkeit führt. So können Ziele verwirklicht werden, die in der alltäglichen Praxis nicht erreichbar wären. Die Publikation untersucht mit internationalem Fokus den inhärenten Zwiespalt von Großprojekten als Motor der urbanen Transformation einerseits und als potenzielle Auslöser unkontrollierbarer Dynamiken andererseits. Sie beleuchtet verschiedene Formen und Facetten von Großprojekten: als Mittel zur Stadtentwicklung, als temporäre Großereignisse, als organisatorische Herausforderungen und als Elemente einer sich wandelnden Stadtentwicklung im Kontext von "Eco-Cities" und "Smart Cities".
Recent history of mega-projects has largely been written as a record of disasters. Wellknown examples have turned into icons of planning failures, costly overspending, and excessive delays. Despite these systemic risks inherent in top-down massive interventions into the urban fabric, mega-projects have always played a decisive role in the development of cities. As "self-induced shocks", they create a state of emergency that effectively leads to the pooling of finances, expertise, and public awareness. In this way objectives can be met that would have been unattainable in everyday practice. This publication explores, with an international focus, the inherent ambivalence of megaprojects as drivers of urban transformation on the one hand and potential catalysts for uncontrollable dynamics on the other. It elucidates various forms and facets of large-scale construction ventures: as vehicles of urban development, as temporary large-scale events, as management challenges, and as elements of a changing urban development within the context of "eco-cities" and "smart cities."
Recent history of mega-projects has largely been written as a record of disasters. Wellknown examples have turned into icons of planning failures, costly overspending, and excessive delays. Despite these systemic risks inherent in top-down massive interventions into the urban fabric, mega-projects have always played a decisive role in the development of cities. As "self-induced shocks", they create a state of emergency that effectively leads to the pooling of finances, expertise, and public awareness. In this way objectives can be met that would have been unattainable in everyday practice. This publication explores, with an international focus, the inherent ambivalence of megaprojects as drivers of urban transformation on the one hand and potential catalysts for uncontrollable dynamics on the other. It elucidates various forms and facets of large-scale construction ventures: as vehicles of urban development, as temporary large-scale events, as management challenges, and as elements of a changing urban development within the context of "eco-cities" and "smart cities."
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Perspectives in Metropolitan Research; 1