Mega Regions

I first got introduced to the concept of Mega Regions from this BNET article. Some interesting (but unrelated) bites from the article:

• Never knew there is a sunbelt from Houston to New Orleans, although both are oil & gas centres
• Tijuana specializes in high-tech electronic manufacturing (was assuming it is into apparel and low-tech manufacturing)
• Texas has overtaken California in terms of wind-generated energy - in a state with the highest oil & gas production!

Key criteria to be classified a mega region: contigous with >1 city centre, population of >5 million, produce >100 billion. According to this article, it makes for some 40 mega regions

Mega Regions are defined as large networks of metropolitan areas linked by geography, infrastructure, environment, economic linkages, cultures and history. For further details, read on at http://www.angeloueconomics.com/megaregions.html


For futher reading, try this book: Who's your city

An interview with Richard Florida, author of the book at BNET

Further information in Wikipedia (Megalopolis)