Anagrafe della ricerca

Yet little is known about this process, or the environments, urbanities, and societies generated. HyperS will fill these critical gaps by conducting cutting edge empirical research on a global scale and developing an innovative propositional approach to infrastructure projects. Focusing on prominent infrastructure-led developments in Asia, Europe, and South America, the research firstly analyses the economic and political processes that drive regional infrastructure initiatives, and their plans and policies (O1). Secondly, the project investigates the spatialisation of large-scale infrastructure projects ‘on the ground’ by deploying a mixed methodology that combines quantitative GIS studies and qualitative ethnographic research (O2). It then brings interdisciplinaryexperts together to foster the exchange of knowledge to produce a propositional approach for the planning of large-scale infrastructure developments, which will lead to agenda-setting publications and academic scholarship (O3). HyperS is a ground-breaking project that will contribute to urban planning, landscape research, and critical infrastructure studies, opening a new phase in the understanding of large-scale infrastructure projects.