Megaprojects and risk: an anatomy of ambition

1. The megaprojects paradox

2. A calamitous history of cost overrun

3. The demand for megaprojects

4. Substance and spin in megaproject economics

5. Environmental impacts and risk

6. Regional and economic growth effects

7. Dealing with risk

8. Conventional megaproject development

9. Lessons of privatisation

10. Four instruments of accountability

11. Accountable megaproject decision making

12. Beyond the megaprojects paradox

Appendix. Risk and accountability at work: a case study.