The Greater Shanghai Megaregion: Blueprint for 21st Century Urban Integration

Section 1: The Metropolitan FrameworkGeographic Scope:- Core: Shanghai municipality (6,341 km²)- Inner Ring: Suzhou, Wuxi, Nantong, Jiaxing (28,000 km²)- Extended Region: 27 cities across Jiangsu/Zhejiang/Anhui (218,000 km²)- Population: 86 mill