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These mega-regions are driving our global economy - The World Economic ...
From megalopolis to megaregion Throughout history, academics have described vast, interlinked urban regions as a ‘megalopolis’, or ‘megapolis’. Economic geographer Jean Gottman popularized the Greek term, referring to the booming and unprecedented urbanization in Bos-Wash —the northeast stretch from Boston and New York down to Washington, D.C.:
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China by numbers: 10 facts to help you understand the superpower today
China is building a giant tech hub comprising 11 cities to rival Silicon Valley. The Pearl River Delta, home to nearly 70 million people, will be united into a giant megalopolis to be known as the Greater Bay Area.
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The era of the megalopolis: How the world’s cities are merging
The West African megalopolis stretches from Lago in Nigeria to Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Image: The Conversation. Scholars agree that as cities get bigger, they generate economies of scale that increasingly dominate their economic growth and prosperity.
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We are Entering the Era of the Megalopolis, Supercities Connected by ...
We are entering the era of the megalopolis. Cities around the world are merging as they grow and spread, forming supercities connected by urban sprawl. But what are they?
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西方城市区域集合体理论及其启示——以 Megalopolis、Desakota Region、Citistate 理论为例
Megalopolis 一词源自古希腊。公元前 4 世纪，古希腊人在伯罗奔尼撒半岛规划了一个城邦，他们希望这一城邦日后发展成为希腊最大的城市，并将其命名为 Megalopolis。「Megalo」之意为「巨大」，「polis」之意为「城市」。尽管迄今它仍仅仅是位于赫里森（Helisson ...
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