Five reasons why megaregional planning works against sustainability

Megaregions: Globalization's New Urban Form?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 97-118

  Wheeler, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781782547907     Document Type: Chapter

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