Megalopolis Important stuff

What is it? Megalopolis is the urban corridor that is located along the northeastern coast of the US It is described as an interconnected, interrelated and almost continuous urban area.

History The term megalopolis was coined in 1960 by an urban geographer by the name of Jean Gottmann The term Megalopolis is derived from Greek and means "very large city” In fact the Greeks attempted to create a megalopolis, but it didn’t work, however the small city, named megalopolis is still there currently

Growth The megalopolis has been developing over hundreds of years It began as some of the original 13 colonies, with the exception of the southern colonies (VA, the Carolinas, and GA) Communication between these areas have always been extensive and transportation has always been dense. ▫Knowing what you do from history why is this true?

The scope of this urban sprawl The megalopolis extends from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington DC More than 600 miles long Covers 60,000 square miles

Major cities Boston New york Philadelphia Baltimore Washington DC ▫Just the five of these cities contain 38 million people not including the population from the smaller cities in between these major ones

Bedroom towns A suburban community/town with little to no major employment center(s) to call its own (definition courtesy of urbandictionary.com ) Many of the “bedroom” towns in the megalopolis has matured and now have their own businesses and industries Examples of these towns ▫Yonkers, New York ▫King of Prussia, PA ▫And Fairfax, VA

Population The megalopolis has more than 50 million people This area contains about 20% of the population of the united states The land area is only worth about 2% of the US total land coverage. ▫The population of texas as of 2010 was 25,145,561 and the population info of 50 million was from 2003

Economy More than 20% of the country’s entire employment occurs in megalopolis ▫That’s million jobs The proportion of white collar workers is larger than national average Megalopolis has the largest market for goods and services in the country

Politics and policies As this area continues to grow, it has influenced national political and economic policy decisions. ▫why? ▫Some reasons could be  Washington DC is located here (the capital of the US)  High population, which effects how many representatives they receive for the house of representatives

Issues What do you think the major issues megalopolis faces? Unemployment Substance abuse Congestion Homelessness Because of its massive social, political and economical influence it is a prime target for terrorist attacks, as seen on September 11 th.

Other Megalopoli in the US Can you think of other areas that may be an emerging megalopolis in the US. ▫Think of densely populated areas A couple examples are the Great Lakes to Pittsburgh, and the San Francisco Bay area to San Diego

Other Megalopoli around the world What about around the world? One prime example of this would be Tokyo Japan and the surrounding cities, others include many areas around major cities in china and india

Areas considered to be megalopoli

Jeopardy Each side of the room is a team, the middle table will be divided between the two teams, you will have 3 minutes to decide on a team “spokesperson” this person will be the voice for the team

Rules the questions should all be in the form of answers. Typical questions include "this is the name of the rock most commonly found on the surface of the Earth“ Answer to the above question would be "what is igneous rock“ Each team should work together to come up with a category that they would like to start with. Teams will begin at the lowest value in each category

Rules cont. The first team chooses a category, the question will be read and the team will have 45 seconds to consult each other The team should answer the answer in terms of a question. If correct, they get the points if incorrect, the other team gets a chance to "steal" the same amount of points if the question is answered correctly. Once a team has taken its turn it is the other teams turn

Jeopardy History/ growth Physical features/ population EconomyIssues Misc. Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from History and growth This is the approximate numbers of years that megalopolis has been developing

$100 Answer from History and growth What is hundreds of years The megalopolis has been developing over hundreds of years

$200 Question from History and growth The term Megalopolis is derived from This ancient culture

$200 Answer from History and growth What is Greek The term Megalopolis is derived from Greek and means "very large city”

$300 Question from History and growth The term megalopolis was coined in this year

$300 Answer from History and growth What is 1960

$400 Question from History and growth The term megalopolis was coined in 1960 by this person

$400 Answer from History and growth Who is Jean Gottmann The term megalopolis was coined in 1960 by an urban geographer by the name of Jean Gottmann

$100 Question from Physical features and population The megalopolis is this many miles long

$100 Answer from Physical features and population What is 600 miles long

$200 Question from Physical features and population These are the major cities of the megalopolis

$200 Answer from Physical features and population What is Boston New york Philadelphia Baltimore Washington DC

$300 Question from Physical features and population The megalopolis has this population

$300 Answer from Physical features and population What is more than 50 million

$400 Question from Physical features and population This is the percentage of the population In the US located in megalopolis

$400 Answer from Physical features and population What is 20% of the population of the United States

$100 Question from Economy This is the percentage of the country’s Entire employment which is located In megalopolis

$100 Answer from Economy What is 20 %

$200 Question from Economy The proportion of this type of worker is larger than the National average

$200 Answer from Economy What is white collar

$300 Question from Economy Megalopolis has the largest market for These two things in the country

$300 Answer from Economy What is the largest market for goods and services

$400 Question from Economy This is the amount of jobs found in Megalopolis

$400 Answer from Economy What is million

$100 Question from Issues This is the first issue listed in the power point for the society of megalopolis

$100 Answer from Issues What is unemployment

$200 Question from Issues This is the second issue listed in the power point for the society of megalopolis

$200 Answer from Issues What is Substance abuse

$300 Question from Issues This is the third issue listed in the power point for the society of megalopolis

$300 Answer from Issues Congestion

$400 Question from Issues Because of megalopolis’s social, political and economical influence, it is faced with this issue

$400 Answer from Issues What is terrorism

$100 Question from Misc. These are two examples of a growing Megalopoli in the US

$100 Answer from Misc. What is the Great Lakes to Pittsburgh, and the San Francisco Bay area to San Diego

$200 Question from Misc. These are examples of other countries That also have megalopoli

$200 Answer from Misc. What is Japan, China and India

$300 Question from Misc. As this area continues to grow, it has influenced in these policy decisions

$300 Answer from Misc. What is political and economical

$400 Question from Misc. This is the percentage of the land of the US that is found in megalopolis

$400 Answer from Misc. What is 2%

Final Jeopardy These are two reasons that were given in the Power point of why megalopolis has so much Political power

Final Jeopardy Answer What is the fact that Washington DC is located in megalopolis And with the high population, the Region receives more Representatives for the house of Representatives