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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 .
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 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]
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
This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
Toggle Largest urban areas, by continent subsection. 1.1 Africa. 1.2 Asia. 1.3 Europe. 1.4 North America. 1.5 Central America and Caribbean. 1.6 South America. 1.7 ...
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 ...