Megalopoli

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

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.

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

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

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