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A Megapolitan Area is a clustered network of American cities whose population exceeds or will exceed 10 million by the year 2040[citation needed]. There are currently 10 megapolitans identified in the United States. The criteria and terms were introduced in a July 2005 report[1] by Robert E. Lang and Dawn Dhavale of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. A later 2007 article by Lang and Nelson uses 20 megapolitan areas grouped into 10 megaregions.[2] The America 2050 Project by the Regional Plan Association defines 10 similar megaregions. [3]
The concept draws on the earlier idea of Megalopolis (city type).
The following table ranks the Lang/Dhavale megapolitan areas by population as of 2000 (in millions):
| Name |
Pop |
Major cities |
Related articles |
| Northeast |
55.0 |
Boston, Worcester, Providence, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington |
Northeast, BosWash, Northeast Corridor |
| Midwest |
39.5 |
Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Grand Rapids |
Midwest, ChiPitts, Rust Belt, Great Lakes region |
| Southland |
21.0 |
Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Las Vegas |
Southern California, SanSan |
| Piedmont |
18.4 |
Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Birmingham, Greenville, Columbia |
Piedmont,Piedmont Atlantic, New South, South Atlantic States, I-85 Corridor, Piedmont Crescent |
| I-35 Corridor |
14.5 |
Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Kansas City, Austin, Oklahoma City, Wichita |
I-35, TTC-35, International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor |
| NorCal |
14.0 |
San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, Reno |
Northern California, The Northern California megaregion, SanSan |
| Peninsula |
12.8 |
Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, FL, Orlando |
Florida, South Florida, Central Florida |
| Gulf Coast |
11.5 |
Houston, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mobile |
Gulf Coast |
| Cascadia |
7.1 |
Seattle, Portland |
Pacific Northwest, Cascadia, Ecotopia |
| Sun Corridor[4][5] |
4.1 |
Phoenix, Tucson |
Arizona, Valley of the Sun |
The populations of the last two are projected to exceed 10 million by 2040.[citation needed]
[edit] Cities not included
24 of the top 100 primary census statistical areas are not included in any of the 10 megapolitan areas.
| Hawaii |
Honolulu, HI MSA |
| Mountain West |
Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA, Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT CSA, Provo-Orem, UT MSA, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, Colorado Springs, CO MSA, Albuquerque, NM MSA |
| Mississippi Valley |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA CSA, St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA, Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA, Lexington-Fayette-Frankfort-Richmond, KY CSA, Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Columbia, TN CSA, Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR CSA, Jackson-Yazoo City, MS CSA |
| South Atlantic Coast |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA, Jacksonville, FL-GA MSA |
| Upstate New York |
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY CSA, Syracuse-Auburn, NY CSA, Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam, NY CSA |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mi.vt.edu/uploads/megacensusreport.pdf "Beyond Megalopolis" by the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
- ^ http://www.surdna.org/usr_doc/The_Rise_of_the_Megapolitans.pdf
- ^ http://www.spur.org/documents/article110107_images/001.jpg
- ^ "Megapolitan: Arizona's Sun Corridor". Morrison Institute for Public Policy. May 2008. http://www.asu.edu/copp/morrison/megapolitan.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ "When Phoenix, Tucson Merge". The Arizona Republic. 2006-04-09. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0409merge0409.html. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
