megalopoli

1. pluralplural of megalopolis

   Table 20. Present and Projected Megalopoli (more than 10 million inhabitants […]

   1998, John M. Collins, Military Geography, Diane Publishing, page 199

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   All the megalopoli of the future—in this country and elsewhere—will transcend national boundaries in many ways.

   1967, William Rudolph Ewald, Environment for Man: The Next Fifty Years, Indiana, page 140

   This problem has been made more serious in the contemporary city by the emergence of a new form of spatial ordering in the form of sprawling megalopoli.

   1972, David Harvey, Society, the City, and the Space-economy of Urbanism (Association of American Geographers 1972, p. 14)

   With these developments came urbanization and centralization, which trends have culminated in the mega-farms and megalopoli of the present.

   1976, Robert Theobald, Beyond Despair (Michigan 1976, p. 153)

   The population of megalopoli like Mexico City and Sao Paulo will be well over 20 million by the end of the 20th century.

   1997, Stephen Metz, Strategic Horizons, Diane Publishing, page 9

alternative dated Megalopolis

1. An ancient city and modern town in Greece located in the southwestern Arcadia prefecture.

   Synonyms: Megapolis