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Title:

Mega Projects, Justice, and the Environment: Planning Connections

Accession Number:

01089246

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Although most who research environmental justice and sustainability condemn development, in this manuscript I argue that megaprojects are not only compatible with sustainable development and justice, they are necessary both if major metropolitan regions want to provide mobility and contain growth on the urban periphery. Megaprojects not only radically affect urban form, they provide important moments of agenda-setting that environmental justice cannot ignore. A case study of a recent megaproject, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project in Washington,DC highlights the difficult choices surrounding contemporary infrastructure development and pitfalls for broadscale sustainability that currently undermine using megaprojects as key infrastructure in sustainable regions.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-2333

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Schweitzer, Lisa A

Pagination:

24p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (23)

Identifier Terms:

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-2333

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 4:42PM