果冻影院

Research subject

Thesis title:聽Improving Decision-Making for Mega Infrastructure Projects - Study on the Possible Applicability of聽 Multi-Criteria Analysis to the Appraisal of Major Gateway Port Projects

Primary supervisor: Professor Harry Dimitriou
Secondary supervisor: Dr John Ward
Sponsors: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and European Investment Bank (EIB)
Starting date: 2013
Projected completion date: 2017聽

Marco Dean鈥檚 principal areas of research lie in the fields of transportation, logistics, complexity in strategic decision-making on major infrastructure projects as well as mega infrastructure planning and appraisal using both quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques, including Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA). He has published several articles on these topics.

The PhD Programme of Marco Dean focuses on 鈥楾he Applicability of Multi-Criteria Analysis to the Appraisal of Mega Infrastructure Seaport Projects in Major Port Cities鈥�. The research is based on the working hypothesis that mega infrastructure projects produce impacts that go far beyond that infrastructure that is being delivered. Consequently the employment of conventional appraisal framework to the assessment of such projects may turn out to be insufficient to capture completely their multiple and far-reaching implications.

The PhD Programme also entails cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB) throughout the first year of the PhD. This partnership is conceived within the STAges de REcherche BEI-EIB (STAREBEI) Research Programme, namely an EIB鈥揢niversities Research Action Programme. It is intended that the main findings obtained from the research undertaken under the STAREBEI Programme will contribute to the enhanced appreciation by the EIB of the employment of a multi-criteria analysis to the appraisal of large-scale capital investments in seaport infrastructure where a broader perspective can better highlight risks and opportunities of proposed investments. On the other hand, these findings will simultaneously form a critical input for research questions of the PhD.

Biography

Marco Dean is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Bartlett School of Planning, 果冻影院 (果冻影院) as well as a Research Assistant at the OMEGA Centre (Bartlett School of Planning, 果冻影院). He holds a bachelor鈥檚 and a master鈥檚 degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Udine (2007 and 2010, respectively) and a master鈥檚 degree in Infrastructure Planning from 果冻影院 (2012).

He is also a Research Assistant at the OMEGA Centre (Bartlett School of Planning, 果冻影院). As Research Assistant, under the supervision of Professor Harry T. Dimitriou, Mr. Dean has been involved in a 鈥楽tudy for the Application of Multi-Criteria Analysis to the Appraisal of Urban Projects鈥� undertaken for the European Investment Bank (EIB), with the objective of developing a multi-criteria appraisal framework to be adopted by the Regional and Urban Development (REGU) Division for the assessment of urban projects; in a 鈥楽tudy for the Development of a Framework for the Identification and Appraisal of Infrastructure Interdependencies with Application to Critical UK Infrastructure鈥�, undertaken jointly by University of Bristol and 果冻影院 for Infrastructure UK, HM Treasury; and in the 鈥楽tudy on the Applicability of a Policy-Led Multi-Criteria Analysis in the Planning, Appraisal and Delivery of the London Underground Northern Line Extension Project, namely a project sponsored by a 果冻影院 Knowledge Transfer and Enterprise Award and focusing on application of a policy-led multi-criteria appraisal framework to the London Underground Northern Line Extension Project.

Since 2011 Marco Dean has been closely cooperating with Professor Sandro Fabbro from the University of Udine on research themes such as the planning of the trans-European Networks Transport (TEN-T) Corridors in Italy and the analysis of the infrastructure and logistic systems of the Italian Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.聽

Publications and other work

Dean, M., Fabbro, S. (2014). Regional Planning on the European Corridors: the case of Friuli Venezia Giulia. In: Vinci, I. (ed.).聽The Spatial Strategies of Italian Regions. Franco Angeli Edizioni.

Dean, M., Fabbro, S., Brunello, L. (2012).聽Strategic Misrepresentations and Misunderstandings in Transport Infrastructures Planning: The Case of the Corridor V in the North-East of Italy, Paper prepared for the 鈥淓RSA (European Regional Science Association) Congress鈥�, 21st 鈥� 25th August 2012, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Dean, M., Fabbro, S. (2012). Il FVG tra Corridoio V e Corridoio Adriatico-Baltico.聽Rassegna Tecnica del FVG, No. 3, June. [in Italian]

Dean M., Fabbro, S. (2012).聽Transport Infrastructures and Regional Development Strategies: The Case of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. Paper prepared for the 鈥淰II International Conference on Informatics and Urban and Regional Planning鈥�, 10th 鈥� 12th May, Cagliari, Italy.

Dean, M., Fabbro, S. (2011). Il Gateway dell鈥� Alto Adriatico.聽Realt脿 Industriale, No. 10, November, p. 11. [Italian]

Dean, M., Fabbro, S. (2011).聽In Between Corridors and Gateways 鈥� Rethinking 鈥楾he Logistic Platforms鈥� in Italy 鈥� The Case of the North-Adriatic Gateway. Paper prepared for the 鈥淚X European Biennial of Towns and Town Planners鈥�, 14th-17th September, Genoa, Italy. [in Italian]

Dean, M., Fabbro, S. (2011). Ripensare le 鈥楶iattaforme Logistiche鈥�: Il Caso del Gateway dell鈥橝lto Adriatico. Territorio Mobilit脿 e Ambiente 鈥撀�TeMALab, Vol. 4, No. 3, September, pp. 43-52. [Italian]

Dean, M., Sartor, P. (2011). Possibili Scenari per l鈥橧nterporto Alpe Adria di Cervignano del Friuli.聽Logistica, April, pp. 32-35. [Italian]

Dean, M. (2010). Possibili Strategie per il Rilancio dell鈥橧nterporto di Cervignano.聽Rassegna Tecnica del FVG, No.6, November, pp. 6-10. [Italian]