Designing the Megaregion
Author: Barnett, Jonathan
ISBN: 9781642830439
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RM255.26
Publisher,Island Pr
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Format, Paperback
Weight, 294.83 g
No. of Pages, 170
In this book, planning and urban design expert Jonathan Barnett describes how to redesign megaregional growth using mostly private investment, without having to wait for massive government funding or new governmental structures. Barnett explains practical initiatives to make new development fit into its environmental setting, especially important as the climate changes; reorganize transportation systems to pull together all the components of these large urban regions; and redirect the market forces whichare making megaregions very unequal places.