Megaregions  planning for global competitiveness /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Catherine L. Ross. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Island Press,  c2009. 
 - xxv, 307 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610911368 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Regional planning.<br/>City planning--Forecasting.<br/>Planned communities--Environmental aspects.<br/>Sustainable development.<br/>Globalization--Economic aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT391  / .M397 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.1/2