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What constitutes a “successful” mega transport project?/Leadership, risk and storylines: The case of the Sydney Cross City Tunnel/The case of the LGV Méditerranée high speed railway line/Dealing with context and uncertainty in the development of the Athens Metro Base Project/What constitutes a “successful” mega transport project? Lessons from the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo/The RandstadRail project: A case study in decision-making strategies under uncertainty/Constructive conflicts in the case of the Öresund Link/Perspectives on “success” from the UK Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project/Some concluding remarks

Harry T. DimitriouOMEGA Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Nicholas LowGAMUT Centre for Sustainable Transport, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaView further author information
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Sophie SturupDepartment of Urban Planning and Transport, Liverpool University at Xi'an Jiaotong, Suzhou, ChinaView further author information
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Genevieve ZembriLaboratory of Geography (Mobilité réseaux territoires environnement), University of Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, FranceView further author information
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Elisabeth CampagnacLaboratoire Techniques, Territoires, Societies (LATTS), Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, FranceView further author information
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George KaparosInnovation and Entrepreneurship Unit, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, GreeceView further author information
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Pantoleon SkayannisResearch Unit of Infrastructure, Technology Policy and Development, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, GreeceView further author information
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Yasunori MuromachiDepartment of the Built Environment, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Seiji IwakuraDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Kazuya ItayaPublishing and Publicity Centre, Institute of Transportation Economics, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Mendel GiezenCopernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsView further author information
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Luca BertoliniDepartment of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsView further author information
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Willem SaletDepartment of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsView further author information
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Jamil KhanDepartment of Technology and Society, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Lund, SwedenView further author information
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Fredrik PettersonDepartment of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Lund, SwedenView further author information
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Bengt HolmbergDepartment of Technology and Society, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Lund, SwedenView further author information
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E. John WardOMEGA Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Phil G. WrightOMEGA Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Harry T. DimitriouOMEGA Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UK
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Harry T. DimitriouOMEGA Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UK
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Pages 389-430 | Published online: 08 Sep 2014

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