Planning, Appraisal and Delivery of Infrastructure Mega Projects 2: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity

This book is based on the underlying premise that much can be learned from contemporary thinking about the treatment of complexity, uncertainty, risk-taking and the importance of context in decision making for planning, in fields where these concepts have long been deployed in complex problem-solving. It explores the sophisticated theoretical approaches which have been developed in order to analyse the issues surrounding that complexity. In so doing, the book discusses the overriding influence of complexity theory on the whole field of risk and uncertainty as it impacts on all stages of the project life-cycle. It furthermore examines various decision-support methods, tools and techniques that have been developed and employed by different professions and disciplines with the aim of addressing risk, uncertainty and complexity in planning in a range of different contexts. The book especially explores the parameters of these different contexts and their characteristics in an effort to identify both generic and context-specific lessons that may be of value to planning exercises for Mega Transport Projects.

1. Introduction2. Key Concepts, Ideas, Issues and Methods 3. Strategic Planning Thought: lessons from elsewhere Part 2: The Contemporary Treatment of Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Decision-making for Planning in Selected Discipline4. Introduction5. Strategy: Military planning under conditions of uncertainty complexity and risk6. Agricultural Pests and Diseases: Complexity, uncertainty and risk 7. On the Complexity of Organizational Trust: A multi-level co-evolutionary perspective and guidelines for future research8. A New Kind of Competence: On avoiding mistakes in large organizations 9. Naturalising Knowledge Management Part 3: The Contemporary Treatment of Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Decision-making in Planning and Project Management10. Introduction11. Complexity and Emergence in City Systems: Implications for urban planning 12. Strategic Thought and Regional Planning: The importance of context13. Managing Risk in a Hypermobile World 14. Great Planning Disasters: What lessons do they hold? 15. Risk and Uncertainty in Mixed-Use Urban Regeneration Project16. The Property Sector Approach to Major Project Risks: coping with uncertainty and complexity17. Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Construction and Civil Engineering ProjectsPart 4: Advancing the Future of Planning for Mega Transport Projects18. Introduction 19. Transferable lessons for Mega Transport Projects - Advancing the future of planning practices20. Treatment of Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Decision-making in Various Disciplines and Professions: A synthesis