Routledge Handbook of Planning and Management of Global Strategic Infrastructure Projects by Ochieng, Edward; Zuofa, Tarila; Badi, Sulafa;

Short description:

This book examines complex challenges in managing major strategic economic and social infrastructure projects.

Long description:

This book examines complex challenges in managing major strategic economic and social infrastructure projects. It is divided into four primary themes: value-based approach to infrastructure systems appraisal, enabling planning and execution, financing and contracting strategies for infrastructure systems and digitising major infrastructure delivery.

Within these four themes, the chapters of the book cover:

• the value and benefits of infrastructure projects








• planning for resilient major infrastructure projects








• sustainable major infrastructure development and management, including during mega events








• improving infrastructure project financing








• stakeholder engagement and multi-partner collaborations








• delivering major infrastructure projects effectively and efficiently








• whole-life-cycle performance, operations and maintenance








• relationship risks on major infrastructure projects








• public-private partnerships, design thinking principles, and innovation and technology.

By drawing on insights from their research, the editors and contributors bring a fresh perspective to the transformation of major strategic infrastructure projects. This text is designed to help policymakers and investors select and prioritise their infrastructure needs beyond the constraining logic of political cycles. It offers a practical set of recommendations for governments on attracting private capital for infrastructure projects while creating clear social and economic value for their citizens. Through theoretical underpinning, empirical data and in-depth informative global case studies, the book presents an essential resource for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in all aspects of strategic infrastructure planning, project management, construction management, engineering and business management.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction  PART I: VALUE-BASED APPROACH TO INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS APPRAISAL  2. Significance: The need for better benefits realisation in megaprojects  3. Master planning for resilient major infrastructure projects  4. Achieving sustainable major infrastructure projects development and management  5. Planning for sustainable infrastructure development during mega-events: An Expo 2020 case study  6. Stakeholder engagement in major infrastructure projects  7. Managing multi-partner collaborations on major infrastructure projects  PART II: ENABLING PLANNING AND EXECUTION  8. Delivering major infrastructure projects effectively and efficiently  9. Enhancing the whole-life performance of major infrastructure projects  10. The role of operations and maintenance in infrastructure management  PART III: FINANCING AND CONTRACTING STRATEGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS  11. Improving the financing and development of major infrastructure projects  12. Regulatory process for infrastructure systems development  13. Managing relationship risks on major infrastructure projects  14. Empowering public-private partnership in major infrastructure systems  PART IV: DIGITISING MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY  15. Applying design thinking principles on major infrastructure projects  16. Digital transformation and the cybersecurity of infrastructure systems-case oil and gas sector  17. Infrastructure megaprojects as enablers of digital innovation transitions