Limits to the mega-city region: conflicting local and regional needs
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok
SOURCE EDITOR(S): M.Neumann, A.Hull
KEYWORDS: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, TOWNS, UNITED KINGDOM
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7141
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3489
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3489
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Abstract
This chapter analyses the tension within large or mega-city reguins between local needs and regional interests, using the United Kingdom's Thames Gateway as an example.-
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