Mega Transport Infrastructure Planning, 1st ed. 2015 European Corridors in Local-Regional Perspective

Based on the work of Poly5, or the Mediterranean Corridor, mega-transport infrastructure project, this ground-breaking reference explains how and why traditional top-down government-defined transport planning policies are failing, due to their tendency to eschew acknowledgement of profoundly multifarious local and regional issues. The authors use cognitive reports from the Mediterranean Corridor experience as a learning platform, unpacking the tangled sources of the challenges faced to find firm ground from which to embark upon future projects. They propose the replacement of the current fragmented and unbalanced implementation efforts across various territories with a bottom-up, holistic, inclusive approach in which individual territories and regions have buy-in from the outset, a chance to bring their strengths to bear on the broader infrastructural planning, an ongoing communication channel to report and tackle difficulties and clear, strategic directives to drive sustainable future growth of environmentally desirable and practical mega-transport systems.

Towards a Local-Regional Perspective on Mega Transport Infrastructure Planning.- A Turning Point in Mega Project Planning and Appraisal Practices.- Spatial, Temporal and Typological Differentiation Along the Mediterranean Corridor.- Influence on Spatial Development by Building Ten Networks in Slovenia.- The Metropolitan System Along the Mediterranean Corridor in Northern Italy – The Problem Magnitude and the Need for a New Territorial Governance.- Spatial Planning And Multinational Implementation Of European Mega Transport Infrastructure – The Case Of The European Strategy For The Danube Region.- Territorial Cooperation And Multi-Level Governance In The Brenner Base Tunnel Project.- Action Planning For And Equality In Mega Transport Infrastructure Projects.- Governance Approaches To Raise The Renewable Energy Resource Share In Mega Transport Infrastructure.- Teknoss: A Territorial Knowledge Sharing System In The Poly5 Framework.- Preparing The Future – Visioneering In The Planning Process Of Mega Transport Infrastructure.- Step By Step Designing A Local Spatial Strategy On A Mega Transport Infrastructure Project.- The “Demarche Grand Chantier” In France – How To Reduce The Impacts Of MegaTransport Infrastructure Projects And Enhance Territorial Development.- The “Territorialisation” Of Mega Transport Infrastructure Projects – The Results Achieved By The Turin- Lyon Technical Observatory.- Integrating Mega Transport Infrastructures With The Complex Territories Of The Veneto Region – A Weighed Programmatic Approach.- The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor And Its Economic Importance For The Interested Regions.- The Conceptualization Of The Friuli Venetia Giulia Region As A “Territorial Strategic Platform” On The North Adriatic Sea Gateway.- Mega Transport Infrastructure Projects As An Opportunity For Local Cohesion.

Dr. Sandro Fabbro is Associate Professor of Territorial Planning in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Udine. Throughout his tenures as Visiting Professor at Northeastern University and the Global Urban Research Unit within the University of Newcastle’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, he conducted research on regional planning at the strategic and regulative levels. He promoted SPHERA (Spatial Planning Harmonization for the European  Regional Administrations) a research network of five Italian universities in charge of a “Research Program of National Interest” for the Italian Ministry of  Research and University and he is currently President of the National Commission for Infrastructural Policies of the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica. Dr. Fabbro is author of more than one hundred publications in international books and journals. He is a member of the Association of the European Schools of Planning (AESOP) and is often an invited speaker at its annual conferences.