Industry, infrastructure, economy, and demographics of megalopolises. Megaregion, and megapolis are other terms for megalopolis.

Africa

  • Nile region- Egypt; includes Greater Cairo
  • Gauteng region - South Africa
  • Morocco region

Asia

  • 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

Europe

  • 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

  • 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

  • Rio-São Paulo - in Brazil

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