Megaregions
Appearance
Industry, infrastructure, economy, and demographics of megalopolises. Megaregion, and megapolis are other terms for megalopolis.
Africa
[edit | edit source]Asia
[edit | edit source]- Taiheiyō Belt – Japan; includes: Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie,Osaka, Hyōgo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Ōita
- Seoul National Capital Area - Korea; includes: Seoul, Incheon, Suwon, Goyang, Yongin
Australia
[edit | edit source]Europe
[edit | edit source]- Green Banana - Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Free Territory of Trieste)
- Gdańsk, Warsaw, Łódź, Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Trieste
- Golden Banana - Mediterranean coast (Spain, France, Italy)
- Valencia, Barcelona, Nice, Torino
- Blue Banana - Southern Britain to the Alps (the UK, France, Germany, Benalux, Switzerland, Italy)
- London, Manchester, Rhine, Ruhr, Randstad, Milan
North America
[edit | edit source]- St. Lawrence River region - in Canada; includes Montreal, Windsor and Toronto
- Texas Triangle - in Texas; includes: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Ft. Worth (sometimes Oklahoma is included; Oklahoma City and Tulsa)
- Northeast megalopolis - in the U.S; New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C.
- Great Lakes - in the U.S.; Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit
- Southern California - in and near California; Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Tijuana
- Greater Mexico City - in Mexico; includes: Pueblo, Mexico city
South America
[edit | edit source]- Rio-São Paulo - in Brazil