A Trail of New Cities

A Trail of New Cities is an insider view of new city mega-projects too big to fail, but too expansive, too expensive, and too dependent on outside factors to succeed. 

Based on first hand experience working in the world of urban mega-projects over a period of ten years, it offers a unique perspective about how complex city-sized capital projects operate, how they are organized, and what makes them tick. These projects are a crucible for the best and worst professional practices set against a backdrop of soaring ambitions and harsh realities, and this account holds useful lessons for professionals and policy makers involved in all types of large multi-stakeholder capital projects delivery.

It is neither a recipe nor a case study but, rather, fuses together first-hand experiences gained on numerous projects. The account focuses on structure, rationale, and decision making in the upstream stages of project development, as well the impacts these activities have on downstream outcomes. 

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A Trail of New Cities: A Simple Story About Planning Complex Things Better
Part 1: Why Build a New City? 
Part 2: From Big Vision to Early Construction 
Part 3: Conclusions & Takeaways - How Not to Make a Hard Thing Harder