Dealing with Cross-Sectoral Uncertainty: A Case Study on Governing Uncertainty for Infrastructures in Transition

Oddrun P. Røsok (), Mark L. C. de Bruijne and Wijnand W. Veeneman
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Oddrun P. Røsok: Department of Multi-Actor Systems, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
Mark L. C. de Bruijne: Department of Multi-Actor Systems, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
Wijnand W. Veeneman: Department of Multi-Actor Systems, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: The interdependencies between infrastructures are growing. Engineering decision making that earlier was largely confined to a specific sector now requires more and more understanding of how systems interact: a system-of-systems perspective. The article analyzes the effect of that added complexity in a single case study in de Zuid-As, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, and relates the findings to the literature on engineering decision making and project management in complex projects. The article concludes that cross-sectoral engineering decision making has an additional level of complexity that requires governance of uncertainty. Despite this challenge being a well-known challenge among infrastructure operators, it is still not recognized for its importance, and it seems to be a neglected element in collaboration. Key is an open approach in the early stages that goes beyond classic cooperative decision making in engineering and project management environments.

Keywords: cross-sectoral; interdependency; infrastructures; uncertainty; governance; infrastructure projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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