Megaregions and the urban question: The new strategic terrain for US urban competitiveness

Megaregions: Globalization's New Urban Form?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 51-73

  Wachsmuth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781782547907     Document Type: Chapter

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