Megaregions :  globalization's new urban form? / 
edited by John Harrison and Michael Hoyler 
 - Cheltenham :   Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd.,  2017 
 - xi, 270 p. :   il., map., gràf. ;   24 cm 
<br/><br/>Inclou referències bibliogràfiques i índex.  
<br/><br/>Conte: 1. Megaregions : foundations, frailties, futures / John Harrison and Michael Hoyler -- 2. Megaurban regions : epistemology, discourse patterns, big urban business / Markus Hesse -- 3. Megaregions and the urban question : the new strategic terrain for US urban competitiveness / David Wachsmuth -- 4. Beyond globalization : a historical urban development approach to understanding megaregions / Alex Schafran -- 5. Five reasons why megaregional planning works against sustainability / Stephen M. Wheeler -- 6. Conflicting spaces of governance in the imagined Great Lakes megaregion / Michael R. Glass -- 7. Brave new 'megaregional worlds'? : reflections from a North European perspective / Lukas Smas and Peter Schmitt -- 8. Globalization and the megaregion : investigating the evolution of the Pearl River Delta in a historical perspective / Xu Zhang -- 9. Towards a megaregional future : analysing progress, assessing priorities in the US megaregion project / Billy Fleming -- 10. Megaregions reconsidered : urban futures and the future of the urban / John Harrison and Michael Hoyler.  
<br/><br/><br/>Contingut en anglès.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781782547891 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ordenació del territori<br/>Globalització (Economia)<br/>Desenvolupament sostenible
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>URBANISMO<br/>GLOBALIZACIÓN
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>911.3