2 December 2006
Megaprojects
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They can cost many billions of dollars, they're essential components of societies the world over and even have the capacity to instil great national pride.
They're also inherently risky ventures that all too often end up as white elephants.
I'm talking about megaprojects -- the large pieces of infrastructure such as roadways, airports, bridges, energy plants, dams -- even Olympic games.
Typically we don't give them much thought, but what happens when they don't work out, and why is it that megaprojects too often turn into mega-disappointments?
Guests
Bent Flyvbjerg
Professor, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University Denmark
Publications
Title: Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition
Author: Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius and Werner Rothengatter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Presenter
Alan Saunders
Producer
Scott Wales
Story Researcher and Producer
Scott Wales
