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The concept of "the city"--As well as "the state" and "the nation state"--is pass, ̌ agree contributors to this insightful book. The new scale for considering economic strength and growth opportunities is "the megaregion," a network of metropolitan centers and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ross, Catherine Laverne, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Regional planning.
City planning > Forecasting.
Planned communities > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Aménagement du territoire.
Collectivités nouvelles > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Mondialisation.
regional planning.
sustainable development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
Planification régionale.
Aménagement urbain.
Aspects économiques.
Globalisierung
Regionalplanung
Nachhaltigkeit
Grossregion > USA.
Raumplanung > Globalisierung.
Globalisierung > Raumplanung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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