Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United StatesAfter a 20-year study Gottmann says the north-eastern seaboard "may be considered the cradle of a new order in the organization of inhabited space." |
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The Main Street of the Nation | 3 |
The Dynamics of Urbanization | 17 |
Prometheus Unbound | 23 |
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