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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]
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .
Geographers had identified 25 such areas as of October 2005, [32] as compared with 19 megacities in 2004 and only nine in 1985. This increase has happened as the world's population moves towards the high (75–85%) urbanization levels of North America and Western Europe. Since the 2000s, the largest megacity has been the Greater Tokyo Area.
The Abidjan–Lagos Corridor, also known as the Abidjan–Lagos Megalopolis, is an emerging transnational megalopolis on the coast of southern West Africa. It stretches from Abidjan to Lagos , crossing five independent states ( Côte d'Ivoire , Ghana , Togo , Benin , and Nigeria ) from west to east, and includes two political capitals and many ...
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 Northeast megalopolis, also known as the Northeast Corridor, Acela Corridor, [5] Boston–Washington corridor, BosWash, or BosNYWash, [6] is the most populous megalopolis exclusively within the United States, with slightly over 50 million residents as of 2022. It is the world's largest megalopolis by population and economic output. [7]
A satellite view of the U.S. Northeast megalopolis at night, the world's most economically productive megalopolis [1] with over 50 million residents, centered on New York City Greater Tokyo in Japan, the world's most populated urban area, with about 40 million inhabitants as of 2022 Greater São Paulo at night, as seen from the International Space Station Aerial view of Greater Adelaide, the ...
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 ...