Megalopolis

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Megalopolis
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Whats a Megalopolis?

• A megalopolis (sometimes called a megapolis or
  megaregion) is typically defined as a chain of
  roughly adjacent metropolitan areas. The term was
  used by Oswald Spengler in his 1918 book, The
  Decline of the West, and Lewis Mumford in his
  1938 book, The Culture of Cities, which described
  it as the first stage in urban overdevelopment
  and social decline. Later, it was used by Jean
  Gottmann in 1957, to describe the huge
  metropolitan area along the eastern seaboard of
  the U.S. extending from Boston, Massachusetts
  through New York City Philadelphia,
  Pennsylvania Baltimore, Maryland and ending in
  Washington, D.C..

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The first acknowledged example first called
Megalopolis with a capital M.
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BOS-WASH
Later as Geographers studied other areas it was
renamed to.
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BOSWASH

• Contains the cities of Boston, New York,
  Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
• Contains 1/6 of the US population
• New York City is the cultural and financial
  center of the country.
• Rapid road, rail and air links are vital to its
  economic development and expansion south.

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The 11 megalopolises of America
What do you notice about the location of most of
the megalopolises in the US? What does this tell
you about where the majority of the American
population is located?
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China, South Korea and Japan
Seoul
Beijing
Tokyo
Above there are 3 megalopolises found in East
Asia centered around these cities.
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Gallery Walk

• Examine the Top 6 Megalopolises of the world.