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SUN CORRIDOR 2035. From Copper Belt. To Sun Corridor. Arizona 2000 and 2050. Source: Maricopa Association of Governments. 88% of Arizona’s Economy. What is a Megapolitan?. Urban Spaces and Connections. Sun Corridor Land Owners. A Megapolitan Nation.
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Arizona 2000 and 2050 Source: Maricopa Association of Governments.
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
The Trend is Glocal Big Fish in Relatively Small Ponds: Phoenix, Tucson, and the Sun Corridor Lack a Global Profile
Governance The Sun Corridor Has Hundreds of Players and No One’s in Charge
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?
What About Water? The Oil of the 21st Century, Water is a Critical, Limited Resource
The Tragedy of the Sunshine 1990-1994 Heat Island 2000-2004
Steps Ahead • Educate citizens of the world • See Sun Corridor as a place • Make the Sun Corridor a living laboratory
www.morrisoninstitute.org With support from • Stardust Foundation • Arizona Public Service Corporation • Salt River Project • Unisource Energy family of companies Tucson Electric Power Unisource Energy Services