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Jean Gottmann's bibliography lists about 400 references. The following list is a selection of some of his most relevant books and papers: L'homme, la route et l'eau en Asie sud-occidentale (1938) De la méthode d'analyse en géographie humaine, Annales de Géographie (1947) L'Amerique (1949) A geography of Europe (1950, 1969)
A map of the Taiheiyō Belt showing the Tōkaidō and Sanyō shinkansen routes.. The Taiheiyō Belt (Japanese: 太平洋ベルト, Hepburn: Taiheiyō Beruto, lit. "Pacific Belt"), also known as the Tōkaidō corridor, is the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the northeast to Fukuoka Prefecture in the southwest, running for almost 1,200 km (750 mi).
Megalopolis was a member of the Arcadian League after its foundation until the dissolution of the federation in 362 BC. In 353 BC, when Thebes had her hands full with the so-called Sacred War, the Spartans made an attempt to reduce Megalopolis; but the Thebans sent assistance and the city was rescued. [ 8 ]
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]
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.
Megapolis is a variant of the word megalopolis, meaning a large city or urban area. Megapolis may also refer to: Megapolis (game), a game developed by Social Quantum; Ministry of Megapolis, a cabinet of the prime minister in Sri Lanka. Megapolis Festival, an annual audio arts festival in the United States
Megalopolis is breaking the fourth wall.. When Francis Ford Coppola's epic sci-fi drama premieres this week, it will include an interactive portion in select theaters where audiences can ...
The Great Lakes megalopolis consists of a bi-national group of metropolitan areas in North America largely in the Great Lakes region. It extends from the Midwestern United States in the south and west to western Pennsylvania and Western New York in the east and northward through Southern Ontario into southwestern Quebec in Canada.