TY - BOOK AU - Ross, Catherine L. TI - Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness SN - 9781597265867 U1 - 307.12 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, DC PB - Island Press KW - Sustainable development KW - Planned communities - Environmental aspects N1 - Part I: Spatial Planning and Defining the Megaregion 1. Scale matters : rethinking planning approaches across jurisdictional and sectoral boundaries / Cheryl K. Contant and Karen Leone de Nie 2. The megalopolis, the blue banana, and global economic integration zones in European planning thought / Andres Faludi 3. Spatial planning in Asia : planning and developing megacities and megaregions / Jiawen Yang 4. Identifying megaregions in the United States : implications for infrastructure investment / Catherine L. Ross and Myungje Woo Part II: Planning and Designing for Livable Megaregions 5. Megaregions or megasprawls? : issues of density, urban design, and quality growth / Tridib Banerjee 6. Megapolitan America : defining and applying a new geography / Robert E. Lang and Arthur C. Nelson 7. The imperative of growth, the rhetoric of sustainability : the divergence of the ecoregion and the global megaregion / Scott Campbell 8. Mobility in the megaregion / Catherine L. Ross, Jason Barringer, and Adjo A. Amekudzi 9. Investing in megaregion transportation systems : institutional challenges and opportunities / William D. Ankner and Michael D. Meyer 10. Social equity and the challenge of distressed places / Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein Part III: Spatial Planning for a Future America 11. Novel spatial formats : megaregions and global intercity geographies / Saskia Sassen 12. Governing American metropolitan areas : spatial policy and regional governance / Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce, Jr 13. The megaregion and the future of American planning / Catherine L. Ross and Jessica L.H. Doyle ER -