1st Edition
Knowledge Economy in the Megalopolis Interactions of innovations in transport, information, production and organizations
1. Introduction and Overview 2. Demographic, Urban, and Economic Evolution in the Megalopolis 3. The General Purpose Technologies of Transport and ICT and the Emergence of Globalized Economies 4. Structural Change and the Rise of the Knowledge Economy: Underlying Technologies and Processes 5. The Passage to the Knowledge Economy in the Megalopolis: The Empirical Record 6. The Spatial Evolution of the Megalopolis as a Functional Economic Region 7. Globalization and Rising Income Inequalities in the Megalopolis Knowledge Economy 8. Conclusion
Biography
T.R. Lakshmanan is Emeritus Professor and Director of the Centers of Energy, Environment, and Transport, Boston University, USA.
William P. Anderson is Director of the Cross-Border Institute, University of Windsor, Canada.
Yena Song is Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Chonnam National University, Korea (ROK).
