ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses major demographic and housing trends, employment and development projections, the extent of economic dependency, attractiveness characteristics, and major planning and development challenges in Texas Triangle Megapolitan Cluster. The Texas Triangle megapolitan cluster is comprised of three megapolitan areas: Dallas–Fort Worth; Central Texas, linking San Antonio and Austin; and Houston. All three megapolitan areas face air quality issues that could affect future highway construction. At about 72 percent, the Texas Triangle megapolitan cluster is about average in attractiveness to the knowledge class among all megapolitan clusters. The Texas state economy continues to diversify away from natural resources, including oil, into many other industries. In 2010, the Texas Triangle had sufficient employment to support about 5.4 billion square feet of nonresidential space, including industrial, commercial, and institutional uses. Growth-related and replaced space will be roughly equivalent to 1.7 times the nonresidential space existing in 2010.
