The new Metropolis: Rethinking Megalopolis

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 789-802

  Lang, Robert ^a   Knox, Paul K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American metropolis; Megapolitan region; Metropolitan morphology; New metropolis; Spatial connectivity; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 70349987362     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701654251     Document Type: Article

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