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Abandoned military projects (3 C, 6 P) N. Abandoned projects of Nazi Germany (24 P) ... Cancelled video games (60 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Cancelled projects"
A big project can upend the lives of tens of thousands of people. Since 2004, World Bank estimates indicate that at least a dozen bank-supported projects physically or economically displaced more than 50,000 people each. Studies show that forced relocations can rip apart kinship networks and increase risks of illness and disease.
Megaprojects include special economic zones, public buildings, power plants, dams, airports, hospitals, seaports, bridges, highways, tunnels, railways, wastewater projects, oil and natural gas extraction projects, aerospace projects, weapons systems, information technology systems, large-scale sporting events and, more recently, mixed use waterfront redevelopments; however, the most common ...
Abandoned canal projects (4 P) Abandoned hospitals in North America (2 C) I. Former or disused inland waterways (1 C, 6 P) M. Modern ruins (1 C, 43 P) R.
This is a list of megaprojects, which may be defined in the following categories: . Projects that cost more than US$1 billion and attract a large amount of public attention because of substantial impacts on communities, the natural and built environment, and budgets.
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”
Abandoned military projects of the United States (5 C, 96 P) C. Cancelled American spacecraft (1 C, 9 P) Cancelled highway projects in the United States (1 C, 122 P)