Daily Archives: August 7, 2026

The Unmarked Case: North America Revisited — Span, Cohesion, and the Completed Typology

Posted on August 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. Why the First Region Has to Be Done Twice Ten papers ago this series began with North America because that is where the concept began. Gottmann named Megalopolis on the Northeastern seaboard, the Regional Plan Association’s America 2050 project … Continue reading →

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The Consolidated Quarter: Megaregions of East Asia — Span, Cohesion, and a Working Typology

Posted on August 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. The Region the Concept Was Waiting For Nine papers have tested the megaregion against conditions it was not designed for: primacy, water, distance, absence, aridity, saturation, archipelago. East Asia is the first region since North America and Europe where … Continue reading →

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The Crossing and the Island: Megaregions of Southeast Asia — Span, Cohesion, and a Working Typology

Posted on August 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. Two Questions in One Region Southeast Asia holds roughly 690 million people across eleven states, and it divides analytically into two halves that pose opposite questions. The mainland — Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and peninsular Malaysia — is … Continue reading →

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The Saturated Quarter: Megaregions of Central and South Asia — Span, Cohesion, and a Working Typology

Posted on August 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. Where the Concept Is Both Obvious and Useless Central and South Asia hold roughly 2.1 billion people — about a quarter of humanity — on land area smaller than Brazil and Argentina combined. By any measure of scale, this … Continue reading →

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