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Introduction And Overview -- Demographic, Urban, And Economic Evolution In The Megalopolis -- The General Purpose Technologies Of Transport And Ict And The Emergence Of Globalized Economies -- Structural Change And The Rise Of The Knowledge Economy: Underlying Technologies And Processes -- The Passage To The Knowledge Economy In The Megalopolis: The Empirical Record -- The Spatial Evolution Of The Megalopolis As A Functional Economic Region -- Globalization And Rising Income Inequalities In The Megalopolis Knowledge Economy -- Conclusion. T.r. Lakshmanan, William P. Anderson And Yena Song. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.