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    <publisher>Island Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued>
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  <tableOfContents>Figures Tables p. xiii, Foreword by Richard Florida Preface by Shirley Franklin p.xx, Acknowledgments p.xxiv, Introduction p.1, Part I. Spatial Planning and Defining the Megaregion: Chapter 1: Scale Matters: Rethinking Planning Approaches across Jurisdictional and Sectoral Boundaries by Cheryl K. Contant and Karen Leone de Nie p.11, Chapter 2: The Megalopolis, the Blue Banana, and Global Economic Integration Zones in European Planning Thought Andreas Faludi p.18, Chapter 3: Spatial Planning in Asia: Planning and Developing Megacities and Megaregions by Jiawen Yang p.35, Chapter 4: Identifying Megaregions: in the United States: Implications for Infrastructure Investment by Catherine L. Ross and Myungje Woo p.53, Part II. Planning and Designing for Livable Megaregions: Chapter 5: Megaregions or Megasprawls? Issues of Density, Urban Design. and Quality Growth Tridib Banerjee p.83, Chapter 6: Megapolitan America: Defining and Applying a New Geography Robert E. Lang and Arthur C. Nelson p.107, Chapter 7: The Imperative of Growth, the Rhetoric of Sustainability: The Divergence of the Ecoregion and the Global Megaregion by Scott Campbell p.127, Chapter 8: Mobility in the Megaregion Catherine L. Ross, Jason Barringer, and Adjo A. Amekudzi p.140, Chapter 9: Investing in Megaregion Transportation Systems: Institutional Challenges and Opportunities by William D. Ankner and Michael D. Meyer p.166, Chapter 10: Social Equity and the Challenge of Distressed Places by Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein p.191, Part ll. Spatial Planning for a Future of America: Chapter 11: Novel Spatial Formats: Megaregions and Global Intercity Geographies by Saskia Sassen p.219, Chapter 12: Governing American Metropolitan Areas: Spatial Policy and Regional Governance by Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce Jr. p.250, Chapter 13: The Megaregion and the Future of American Planning Catherine L. Ross and Jessica L. H. Doyle p.280, Contributors p.289, Index p.297</tableOfContents>
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