Mashayekhi, Azadeh;
(2023)
Navigating politics of building mega-urban projects in capital cities: insights from Tehran.
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Abstract
In recent decades, poli0cal and economic elites have increasingly relied on large-scale urban projects to enhance urban compe00veness and s0mulate economic growth. To bring this urban vision to life, megaprojects (Kennedy et al., 2011) have become a crucial component of city planning. These projects have proliferated globally as urban responses to development and innova0on pressures, serving as infrastructure for globaliza0on and neoliberalism. In many ci0es of the Global South, par0cularly in capital ci0es, these projects also serve the purpose of symbolic representa0onal transforma0on. They have become par0cularly effec0ve tools for restoring global visibility to regions and ci0es with dis0nct (oHen authoritarian) poli0cal iden00es (Grubbauer 2013, del Cerro Santamaria, 2019). Megaprojects have been defined in various ways, with no common agreement on a single defini0on (Greiman, 2023). Within urban studies, Megaprojects defined by their complexity, the scale of new construc0on or rehabilita0on, the involvement of mul0ple state and nonstate actors, their excep0onal status in policy and planning, the transforma0on of land use in a single con0guous area, the extended 0me required for comple0on, and the high cost of development (Sutherland, Sim & ScoR, 2014; Fainstein, 2009; Flyvbjerg, Bruzelius, & RothengaRer, 2003; van Marrewijk, Clegg, Pitsis, & Veenswijk, 2008). The development of megaprojects has, however, been controversial, raising ques0ons about their magnitude and consequent effects on large areas of the city, their significant economic cost, and their massive environmental impact. These factors oHen lead to civil society's mistrust and doubts about the long-las0ng benefits of such large-scale projects for ci0zens (Hannan, 2012; Robbins, 2014; ScoR et al., 2006).
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Navigating politics of building mega-urban projects in capital cities: insights from Tehran |
| Event: | 5th Congress on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies |
| Location: | Lyon, France. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.58079/uiu5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.58079/uiu5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10208016 |
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