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A megalopolis (/ ˌ m ɛ ɡ ə ˈ l ɒ p ə l ɪ s /) or a supercity, [1] also called a megaregion, [2] is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. [2]
Urban area Distance at which the attractive force = the repulsive force Value of β; 1 Central city 10 km 6 2 Agglomeration 20 km 11 3 Metropolis 40 km 21 4 Patropolis 80 km 41 5 Megalopolis 160 km 81 6 Urban system 320 km 161 7 Urban macrosystem 640 km 321 8 Continental system 1,280 km 641 9 Intercontinental system 2,560 km 1,281 10 World system
The megaregions of the United States are eleven regions of the United States that contain two or more roughly adjacent urban metropolitan areas that, through commonality of systems, including transportation, economies, resources, and ecologies, experience blurred boundaries between the urban centers, perceive and act as if they are a continuous urban area.
The São Paulo Macrometropolis (Portuguese: Macrometrópole de São Paulo) or São Paulo Megalopolis (Portuguese: Megalópole de São Paulo), [1] [2] also known as Expanded Metropolitan Complex (Portuguese: Complexo Metropolitano Expandido), [3] is a Brazilian megalopolis that emerged through the existing process of conurbation between the São Paulo's metropolitan areas located around the ...
Megalopoli (Greek: Μεγαλόπολη) is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( Ancient Greek : Μεγαλόπολις, literally large/great city ).
If nothing else, Megalopolis is a whole lot of movie. But not in a good way. Francis Ford Coppola's long-gestating passion project—in development since the 1970s—is a movie of sprawling ...
The New York metropolitan area, the third most populous metropolitan area in the Americas with a population of 20,140,470 as of 2022. The list of metropolitan areas in the Americas has the top 50 most populous as of the most recent census results or projections. It is impossible to definitively compare and rank areas because each country may ...
Francis Ford Coppola has been trying to get his sci-fi drama "Megalopolis" made since the '80s. Coppola ended up funding it himself for $120 million.