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).
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Table
The following table ranks the Lang/Dhavale megapolitan areas by population as of 2000 (in millions):
The populations of the last two are projected to exceed 10 million by 2040.[citation needed]
Cities not included
24 of the top 100 primary census statistical areas are not included in any of the 10 megapolitan areas.
See also
- Megacity
- Megalopolis (term)
- Metroplex
- Metropolis
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Amalgamation (politics)
- Combined Statistical Area
- Conurbation
- Consolidated city-county
- Ecumenopolis
External links
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.
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