Liquid city : megalopolis and the contemporary Northeast /

Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371- 368 BCE. Though planned on a grand scale, the city failed to realize the dreams of the founders, and it declined by the late Roman period. In 1957, the renowned geographer Jean Gottman applied the term in his descrip...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Short, John R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, c2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371- 368 BCE. Though planned on a grand scale, the city failed to realize the dreams of the founders, and it declined by the late Roman period. In 1957, the renowned geographer Jean Gottman applied the term in his description of the densely populated area of the northeastern United States that includes the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington.Liquid City is the first book to examine the social, economic, and demographic changes that have taken place in Megalopolis over the past fifty y
Umfang:
1 online resource (201 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-176) and index.
ISBN:
1-280-68622-7
9786613663160
1-136-52746-X
1-936331-10-1
9781936331109
Schlagworte:
Metropolitan areas > Middle Atlantic States.
Sociology, Urban > Middle Atlantic States.
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