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The ‘Megalopolis’ and ‘Global Integration Zones’ in European planning thought

Chapter author: Andreas Faludi, Delft University of Technology

Presented by: Karen Leone de Nie, CQGRD

M i i M i d S i l Pl i S i A l 6 29 07 Megacities, Megaregions and Spatial Planning Symposium : Atlanta : 6.29.07

Image Sources: Brunet, 1989; Mehlbye, 2000; French Presidency, 2002; Junzmann et Wegenner, 1991; NWM A Spatial Vision Group, 2000; RPA, 2005; Read, 2000 [all images, except RPA, appear in European Spatial Planning, Andreas Faludi (Editor), Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2002]

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