"Satellite Cities Rising: How Shanghai's Periphery is Reshaping the Yangtze Delta Megaregion"

Section 1: The 1+8 Metropolitan CircleShanghai's expanding sphere of influence:- Official "1+8" metropolitan zone established 2023 (Shanghai + 8 Jiangsu/Zhejiang cities)- 42 million population within 80km radius- 94-minute average commute between c