Mega is a fitting scale to address the most urgent, interconnected issues of our time: rapid
urbanization, climate change and energy use, and the loss of biodiversity. The coordination …

Urbanization has evolved dramatically from monocentric settlements to polycentric networks
and megacities of previously inconceivable size and population. This escalation of …

As the US population grows—potentially adding more than 110 million people by 2050—
cities and their suburbs will continue expanding, eventually meeting the suburbs of …

As a new geography megaregions, networks of metropolitan centres and their areas of
influence are increasingly discussed within both academic and policy arenas as more …

The concept of “the city”—as well as “the state” and “the nation state”—is passé, agree
contributors to this insightful book. The new scale for considering economic strength and …

Megaprojects for Megacities is a collection of 14 international case studies of transportation,
urban development, and environmental megaprojects completed during the last ten years in …

World cities are reaching previously inconceivable sizes and populations, and this
escalation of urban quantities and scales has ignited a fascination for the phenomenon of …

Megacities and megacity-regions are dominant forms of urbanization, integrating large
urban areas and subcenters into a super urban or regional agglomeration. These areas are …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of emerging
“megaregions” in the USA and the challenges they present to planning for large‐scale …

Economic globalization and postmodern urbanization in the 21st century are prompting a
new geographical entity throughout the world—the megaregion. A megaregion consists of …