Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness

by Catherine Ross

Book Overview

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 their surrounding areas that are spatially and functionally linked through environmental, economic, and infrastructure interactions.

Recently a great deal of attention has been focused...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597265861
• ISBN13: 9781597265867
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"