Mega-Engineering Projects in Russia: Examples from Moscow and St. Petersburg

摘要: Russia is the biggest country in world by area, with known proclivity for everything big. The two largest cities Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg, compete complement each other their recent mega-engineering projects of skyscrapers, bridges, toll roads, shopping malls, elite residential districts. For Moscow, we chose to focus on Moskva Siti business district, construction project past decade, which projected cost over $10 billion house between 350,000 500,000 residents office workers. look at controversial Okhta Center Gazprom Baltic Pearl district. Together, examples offer a glimpse into what post-Communist Russia’s megaengineering ambitions have become highlight some commonalities environmental socioeconomic impacts such cities.