Mega infrastructure projects and their contribution to sustainable development: the case of the Athens Metro

Abstract

This paper examines the critical role of Mega Infrastructure Projects in sustainable urban and peripheral development by presenting a Sustainable Infrastructure Serum Analysis supported by primary field research. In the Athens Metro case study, we examined the project's impact on sustainable development by analysing the opinions of the project's users. As a result, the Athens Metro serves as a case study to help us better understand sustainable infrastructure as a framework for green growth from the standpoint of society. The three pillars of sustainable development are inextricably linked. This study focuses on the social comprehension and acceptance of a Mega Infrastructure Project effects. We attempt to demonstrate the interdependence of the three pillars of sustainable development through public opinion responses to our research by developing a statistical model fed by public responses to a prototype questionnaire that we developed to support our research objectives. The study's findings highlighted the project's social acceptability and necessity by establishing a direct positive correlation between sustainability, society, the economy, and the environment from the standpoint of society.

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“…Through a series of actions to address planet's sustainability, states and organizations aim to develop sustainable development in all sectors including environment, society, economy and culture, through legalized policies both at the international and at the European level. Problems such as the greenhouse effect, thinning out of ozone layer, industrial effluents, the enormous destruction of forest lands, the conditions of megacities must be dealt in terms of sustainable development (Mitoula & Papavasileiou, 2023;Sardianou et al, 2016).…”

Sustainable urban development and the role of mega-projects: Experts’ view about Madrid Nuevo Norte Project

“…In Europe, for instance, we have some specific cases of mega infrastructure projects that related to urban sustainable development and to regeneration issues. Mitoula and Papavasileiou (2023) examine the critical role of mega infrastructure projects in sustainable urban and peripheral development by presenting a Sustainable Infrastructure Serum Analysis supported by primary field research, using the Athens Metro in Greece as a case study. In addition, Vardopoulos (2022) using the FIX Brewery (the newly founded Hellenic National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens, Greece) as a case study, examines through primary data, the aspects of sustainability focusing on financial investment, environmental protection, cultural heritage preservation, and urban regeneration of the area.…”

“…However, some researchers cite the possible negative impacts of such projects, socially, on social and environmental developments (Thounaojam and Laishram, 2021). Some other studies present evidence based on primary data from social groups of interest (Mitoula and Papavasileiou, 2023) and finally, some other perform structural fuzzy models using primary data by experts' interviews (Vardopoulos, 2019). The benefit of the study related to the identification of the importance of MNNP by experts with strong connection with MNNP operation and analysis.…”