9 Nations Of North America Views

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Garreau’s subdivision of the North American continent is the best-known example of what one might call bioregionalism or ‘ecoregionalism’. This term, first emerging in the 1970s, puts great value on the ‘politics of place’. Which means that the basis for policy and analysis are geographical areas, defined by their natural or cultural – but in any case ‘organic’ o– boundaries (such as watersheds or prevalent type of industry).

Joel Garreau (°1948) currently works as journalist, editor (at the Washington Post) and policy wonk (at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University). His best-known work still is the ‘Nine Nations of North America’ (1981). His latest major book is ‘Radical Evolution’ (2005), describing the human race’s possible evolution, via emerging bio- and other technologies, into something post-human. Garreau maintains a website at www.garreau.com.

A georegional map of the northern portion of the Americas might include Garreau's 9 nations, with Mexamerica ending about where you suggest, near the Tropic of Cancer; Azteca, south from there to Tehuantepec; Baja Mayaland (the Yucatan) and Alta Mayaland (greater Guatemala); and El Puente (the bridge: Honduras through Panama). That's a baker's dozen of nations.

North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its population was estimated at nearly 529 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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