The Mediterranean Axis: between local dynamics and the megaregional perspective
Abstract
The ar ticle analyzes the dynamics of relations of the Mediterranean Axis in the wider frame of the debate about the concept of megaregions, developed by authors such as Kenichi Ohmae, Richard Florida and others. First, it gathers new evidence of the geoeconomic links that join the territories of the Mediterranean Axis, with special reference to the Valencian Country and Catalonia, for the period of 1975-2008, drawing on a new reading of some works already known on territorial structures in Spain. Secondly, there is a discussion of some of the principal contributions referring to megaregions, explained as strongly integrated areas around dense urban systems, and with an important weight in the international economy. In the United States these areas are used, for example, for the planning of the principal transportation infrastructures. Finally, the Mediterranean Axis is identified as a megaregion, and cooperation among the territories that integrate it is defended as an efficient way of assuring its future development.
Keywords
megaregions, Mediterranean Axis, territorial cooperationReferences
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