Planning and Design of Large Infrastructure Projects

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 576-577

2 Pages Posted: 23 Mar 2013 Last revised: 14 Oct 2013

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Hugo Priemus

Delft University of Technology

Bent Flyvbjerg

University of Oxford - Said Business School; IT University of Copenhagen; St Anne's College, University of Oxford

Date Written: March 1, 2007

Abstract

Large infrastructure projects are being planned and designed all over the world. As these projects require state funding and have a strong spatial and environmental impact, they tend to figure prominently in all parts of the national political ball game. Though the physical results of infrastructure investments may be satisfactory, the preparation and execution of many large infrastructure projects are seriously flawed: the investment costs far exceed the initial estimate, urban and environmental integration is more problematic than anticipated, the financial returns (especially in rail projects) are less favourable than envisaged, and the transport performance fails to match the prognoses when the project was given the go-ahead.

Suggested Citation

Priemus, Hugo and Flyvbjerg, Bent, Planning and Design of Large Infrastructure Projects (March 1, 2007). Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 576-577, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2237997

Hugo Priemus

Delft University of Technology

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Delft, 2628 CN
Netherlands

Bent Flyvbjerg (Contact Author)

University of Oxford - Said Business School ( email )

Oxford
Great Britain

IT University of Copenhagen ( email )

Copenhagen
Denmark

St Anne's College, University of Oxford ( email )

Oxford
United Kingdom

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