Title Megalopolis : the urbanized northeastern seaboard of the United States / Jean Gottmann

Edition First M.I.T. Press paperback edition Published Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1964] ©1961

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 810 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables Series M.I.T. paperback series M.I.T. paperback series. Contents Introduction: the main street of the nation -- Part one. The dynamics of urbanization. Prometheus unbound ; Earthly bounds ; The continent's economic hinge ; How the cities grew and the suburbs scattered -- Part two. The revolution in land use. The symbiosis of urban and rural ; Megalopolitan agriculture ; The Woodlands, their uses and wildlife ; The urban uses of the land -- Part three. Earning a living intensely. Manufacturing in megalopolis ; The commercial organization ; The white-collar revolution ; Transportation and traffic -- Part four. Neighbors in megalopolis. Living and working together ; Sharing a partitioned land ; Conclusion: Novus ordo seclorum -- Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Index Summary "From southern New Hampshire to northern Virginia, from the Atlantic shore to the Appalachian foothills, stretches Megalopolis--the unique urban area that is the focus of this book. This geographical region is the most active crossroads on earth for people, ideas, and goods. Professor Gottman's aim is to give the reader a fundamtnal understanding of its basic problems and of the subtle interrelationship among the social and economic processes at work in this extraordinary region"--Publisher's description Analysis ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design Notes "A Twentieth Century Fund study." "First M.I.T. Press Paperback Edition, February 1964; second paperback printing, February 1965; third paperback printing, May 1966; fourth paperback printing, December 1967." Originally published: New York : Twentieth Century Fund, 1961 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed November 9, 2017) Subject Cities and towns -- Atlantic States Cities and towns -- Growth. Metropolitan areas -- Atlantic States Cities and towns -- Atlantic States -- Growth Megacities -- Atlantic States Cities and towns Cities and towns -- Growth Metropolitan areas United States -- Atlantic States Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780262367936 0262367939

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