Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scale matters : rethinking planning approaches across jurisdictional and sectoral boundaries / Cheryl K. Contant and Karen Leone de Nie -- The megalopolis, the blue banana, and global economic integration zones in European planning thought / Andres Faludi -- Spatial planning in Asia : planning and developing megacities and megaregions / Jiawen Yang -- Identifying megaregions in the United States : implications for infrastructure investment / Catherine L. Ross and Myungje Woo -- Megaregions or megasprawls? : issues of density, urban design, and quality growth / Tridib Banerjee -- Megapolitan America : defining and applying a new geography / Robert E. Lang and Arthur C. Nelson -- The imperative of growth, the rhetoric of sustainability : the divergence of the ecoregion and the global megaregion / Scott Campbell -- Mobility in the megaregion / Catherine L. Ross, Jason Barringer, and Adjo A. Amekudzi -- Investing in megaregion transportation systems : institutional challenges and opportunities / William D. Ankner and Michael D. Meyer -- Social equity and the challenge of distressed places / Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein -- Novel spatial formats : megaregions and global intercity geographies / Saskia Sassen -- Governing American metropolitan areas : spatial policy and regional governance / Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce, Jr -- The megaregion and the future of American planning / Catherine L. Ross and Jessica L.H. Doyle.