| Description |
xxv, 307 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Scale matters : rethinking planning approaches across jurisdictional and sectoral boundaries / Cheryl K. Contant and Karen Leone de Nie -- The megalopolis, the blue banana, and global economic integration zones in European planning thought / Andres Faludi -- Spatial planning in Asia : planning and developing megacities and megaregions / Jiawen Yang -- Identifying megaregions in the United States : implications for infrastructure investment / Catherine L. Ross and Myungje Woo -- Megaregions or megasprawls? : issues of density, urban design, and quality growth / Tridib Banerjee -- Megapolitan America : defining and applying a new geography / Robert E. Lang and Arthur C. Nelson -- The imperative of growth, the rhetoric of sustainability : the divergence of the ecoregion and the global megaregion / Scott Campbell -- Mobility in the megaregion / Catherine L. Ross, Jason Barringer, and Adjo A. Amekudzi -- Investing in megaregion transportation systems : institutional challenges and opportunities / William D. Ankner and Michael D. Meyer -- Social equity and the challenge of distressed places / Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein -- Novel spatial formats : megaregions and global intercity geographies / Saskia Sassen -- Governing American metropolitan areas : spatial policy and regional governance / Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce, Jr -- The megaregion and the future of American planning / Catherine L. Ross and Jessica L.H. Doyle. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Regional planning.
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City planning -- Forecasting.
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Planned communities -- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ross, Catherine Laverne, 1948-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781597265850 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1597265853 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781597265867 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1597265861 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781610911368 (electronic bk.) |
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