Megaregions
Subtitle: planning for global competitiveness
By: edited by Catherine L. Ross.
Contributors: Ross, Catherine Laverne, 1948-
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781597265850; 9781597265867
Subjects: Regional planning; City planning -- Forecasting; Planned communities -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable development; Globalization -- Economic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scale matters : rethinking planning approaches across jurisdictional and sectoral boundaries / Cheryl K. Contant and Karen Leone de Nie; title: The "megalopolis," the "blue banana," and "global economic integration zones" in European planning thought / Andres Faludi; title: Spatial planning in Asia : planning and developing megacities and megaregions / Jiawen Yang; title: Identifying megaregions in the U.S. : implications for infrastructure investment / Catherine L. Ross and Myungje Woo; title: Megaregions or megasprawls? : issues of density, urban design, and quality growth / Tridib Banerjee; title: Megapolitan America : defining and applying a new geography / Robert E; title: Lang and Arthur C. Nelson; title: The imperative of growth, the rhetoric of sustainability : the divergence of the ecoregion and the global megaregion / Scott Campbell; title: Mobility in the megaregion / Catherine L. Ross, Jason Barringer, and Adjo A. Amekudzi; title: Investing in megaregion transportation systems : institutional challenges and opportunities infrastructure / William D. Ankner and Michael D. Meyer; title: Social equity and the challenge of distressed places / Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein; title: Novel spatial formats : megaregions and global intercity geographies / Saskia Sassen; title: Governing American metropolitan areas : spatial policy and regional governance / Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce, Jr; title: The megaregion and the future of American planning / Catherine L. Ross and Jessica L. H. Doyle.