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MEGAPOLITAN AMERICA IBD

ROUTLEDGE
01 / 2013
9781932364972
Inglés

Sinopsis

With an expected population of 400 million by 2040, America is morphing into an economic system composed ofátwenty-three âÇÖmegapolitanâÇÖ areas that will dominate the nationâÇÖs economy by midcentury. These âÇÖmegapolitanâÇÖ areas are networks of metropolitan areas sharing common economic, landscape, social, and cultural characteristics. The rise of âÇÖmegapolitanâÇÖ areas will change how America plans. For instance, in an area comparable in size to France and the low countries of the Netherlands and Belgium - considered among the worldâÇÖs most densely settled - AmericaâÇÖs âÇÖmegapolitanâÇÖ areas are already home to more thanátwo and a halfátimes as many people. Indeed, with onlyáeighteen percent of the contiguousáforty-eight statesâÇÖ land base, AmericaâÇÖs megapolitan areas are more densely settled than Europe as a whole or the United Kingdom. Megapolitan America goes into spectacular demographic, economic, and social detail in mapping the dramatic - and surprisingly optimistic - shifts ahead. It will be required reading for those interested in AmericaâÇÖs future.

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