Sun Belt

Sun Belt is the name for the area south of the 37th degree of latitude of the United States of America. This region has also been developed in recent years to the region of the future of the American economy as it is experiencing a significant increase in population. It owes its name to the prevailing climate. The term Sun Belt is also climatically and economically as opposed to the Rust Belt ( = rust belt, formerly " Manufacturing Belt " ) or Snow Belt ( = frost belt).

To the Sun Belt, for example, include Silicon Valley in California, the classic Southern, Florida, as well as the area south of the Appalachian Mountains and the oil industry in Texas. One would correctly but actually rather speak of "sun spots", as a comprehensive development, as is suggested by the given map or the term, so does not take place. The development rather focuses on some regions.

The economy in the Sun Belt is supported by six pillars: high technology (electronics, space technology ), agribusiness, defense industry ( weapons production ), petrochemicals ( oil ) and real estate and leisure.

Sunbelt in Europe

Following the American Sunbelt area of the Mediterranean coast in northern Spain over southern France is referred to the northern Italian Adriatic coast as Sunbelt in Europe. This axis is younger than the so-called European " blue banana " and is formed only in selected approaches. It is characterized by a rapid growth of high-tech centers and good transport links to the " blue banana ".

Sunbelt generally

The area between the 20th and 40th latitudes in the northern and southern hemispheres, which are to a large extent deserts, is also called sun belt because of its high sunshine duration and intensity as an ideal location for solar systems.

For Sun Belt include Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina and the southern parts of Nevada and California.