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megalopolis: a standalone construct

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megalopolis1 CONSTRUCTMegalopolisGOTTMANN · URBAN GEOGRAPHY

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Urban geography

a chain of large metropolitan areas grown together into one continuous urbanized region, as on the US northeastern seaboard.

In urban geography, megalopolis refers to a chain of large metropolitan areas grown together into one continuous urbanized region, as on the US northeastern seaboard. This meaning comes from Gottmann (1961) in Megalopolis.[1]

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  1. Gottmann, J. (1961). Megalopolis. Twentieth Century Fund. Open Library record

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