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GATE 2021 AR – Question 27

Planning History, Theory and Techniques · Network Cities, Global Cities etc · 1 mark · Multiple choice

The European megalopolitan corridor encompassing London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Milan is identified in the source by which name?

  1. Purple Zone
  2. Golden Polygon
  3. Blue Banana
  4. Yellow Corridor

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Correct answer: (C) Blue Banana

Explanation

The intended regional label is Blue Banana, C, for the broad northwestern-to-northern-Italian urban-economic corridor. Its exact boundary varies between representations; the source’s city list is a broad characterisation rather than a precise statutory regional boundary.