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The Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development provides a platform to critically examine the theory and practice of international mega infrastructure developments both more holistically and in different contexts. It explores the complexities, risks, opportunities and uncertainties entailed in decision-making and governance of large-scale infrastructure plans, projects and programmes, the lessons they offer for the future and their potential to promote and deliver more sustainable development.

The journal invites contributions that encompass all sectors of infrastructure development, in particular Water, Energy, Transport and other land use large-scale infrastructure investments that pose significant costs and benefits to the environments, economies, societies and territories they traverse and serve - both in the developed and developing world.

Articles

Contributions to the journal are particularly welcome on the following themes:

  • The role of mega infrastructure as ‘agents of change’ (positive and negative),

    highlighting lessons for future practice and theoretical developments.

  • Critical challenges of sustainability (in all of its dimensions) that mega infrastructure developments encounter.
  • The use, abuse and advances in mega infrastructure methods and techniques of policy-making, planning, appraisal, delivery and monitoring.

Structure & Content

The Journal of Mega Infrastructure & Sustainable Development publishes work from both academic and practitioner communities and is organised in three parts:

  • Part One

    focuses on the theoretical and conceptual dimensions of mega infrastructure policy-making, planning, appraisal, delivery and 

    monitoring, and their interface in pursuit of more sustainable development.

  • Part Two

    features contributions on international professional practice and case study experiences of mega infrastructure plans, programmes and projects as they relate to sustainable development imperatives.

  • Part Three

    feature reviews of international research papers, monographs, books and case studies, in addition to rapid communications 

    (letters), conference reports and a quarterly commissioned critical piece (

    Carte Blanche

    ) on mega infrastructure investment and sustainable development challenges world-wide.

Peer Review Statement

All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer review by up to three referees.

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Editorial
Eva Kassens-Noor
Editorial | Published online: 21 Dec 2022
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Editorial | Published online: 16 Dec 2022
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The future of the eHighway system: a vision of a sustainable, climate-resilient, and artificially intelligent megaproject
Regina Linke et al.
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Reducing port city congestion through data analysis, simulation, and artificial intelligence to improve the well-being of citizens
Wolfgang Lehmacher et al.
Article | Published online: 28 Oct 2022
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