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Definition of Megalopolises
1. megalopolis [n] - See also: megalopolis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalopolises
Literary usage of Megalopolises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mega-City Growth and the Future by Roland J. Fuchs (1994)
"Growth of the world's megalopolises Nancy Yu-ping Chen and Larry Heligman The
authors are respectively Population Affairs Officer and Chief, ..."
2. Global Environmental Risk by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson (2001)
"The tendency, for example, is to focus on the terrible modern risks imposed by
the megalopolises of the developing world - the air and water pollution, ..."
3. Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia by Fu-chen Lo, Yue-man Yeung (1996)
"Since then, megalopolises have been identified to have been formed in many parts of
... Traditionally, cities, metropolises, or megalopolises took shape and ..."
4. Alternative World Scenarios for a New Order of Nations. by Charles W. Taylor (1994)
"They are the beginning of potential east-west, north-south megalopolises.
Further complicating the problems for the nearby military installations are the ..."
5. Diversity, Globalization, and the Ways of Nature by Danilo J. Anton (1995)
"... sparsely populated areas and a general process of urbanization that catapulted
provincial- sized cities into huge megalopolises of many millions. ..."
6. Thirsty Cities: Urban Environments and Water Supply in Latin Americaby Danilo J. Anton by Danilo J. Anton (1993)
"The problems of adaptation of the new megalopolises to their often fragile
environments are enormous, and these problems will not disappear easily. ..."
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