2. SUN CORRIDOR 2035

3. From Copper Belt

4. To Sun Corridor

5. Arizona 2000 and 2050
Source: Maricopa Association of Governments.

6. 88% of Arizona’s Economy

7. What is a Megapolitan?

8. Urban Spaces and Connections

9. Sun Corridor Land Owners

12. A Megapolitan Nation

13. Realms are defined by characteristics

14. Realms in Perspective

15. Realms in Perspective

16. Five Megaton Topics The megapolitan concept is more than just two
cities’ suburbs spilling across each other’s borders.
It’s a combination of land use, commerce, and
transportation planning that looks at vast areas as
single entities.
Arizona Republic 2006

17. The Trend is Glocal
Big Fish in Relatively Small Ponds: Phoenix, Tucson, and the Sun Corridor Lack a Global Profile

18. Governance
The Sun Corridor Has Hundreds of Players and No One’s in Charge

19. Two Trillion Dollar Questions
Can Quality Ever Hope to Compete with Easy Money and 50 Years of Tradition?
Who Will Pay for Public Systems and Spaces?

20. What About Water?
The Oil of the 21st Century, Water is a Critical, Limited Resource

21. The Tragedy of the Sunshine
Heat Island

22. Do you want to live in the Sun Corridor?

23. Steps Ahead Educate citizens of the world See Sun Corridor as a place
Make the Sun Corridor a living laboratory

24. With support from Stardust Foundation
Arizona Public Service Corporation
Salt River Project
Unisource Energy family of companies Tucson Electric Power Unisource Energy Services