03008nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10493909 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081212s2009 dcuab sb 001 0 eng d 2008051521 9781597265850 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597265853 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597265867 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1597265861 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781610911368 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)750183083 HT391 .M397 2009eb 307.1/2 22 Megaregions [electronic resource] : planning for global competitiveness / edited by Catherine L. Ross. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009. xxv, 307 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Regional planning. City planning Forecasting. Planned communities Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Globalization Economic aspects. Electronic books. local Ross, Catherine Laverne, 1948- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10493909 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 126427 126427