Urban sizes Vocab.

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Urban sizes Vocab

Urban sizes megalopolis/conurbation Metropolitan Area Megacity Large super cities in in diverse parts of the world Metropolitan Area Settlement area with one or more counties, urban area (50,000+), operates as a coherent whole Megacity Very large cities (10+ million) or more primate city Disproportionately (more than twice) largest city, often the capital world city Dominant city, strategic control of world economy gateway city Links one country or regions and others due to relative location edge city Office and retail activities on the edge/border of an urban area

Urban ex/ megalopolis/conurbation Metropolitan Area megacity Boston to Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Charlotte and Gboro/WS regions megacity Mumbai, Karachi, New Delhi, Shanghai, Moscow, San Paolo primate city Bucharest, Romania; London, UK world city London, New York, Tokyo, Brussels gateway city St. Louis, Mo; Atlanta edge city Hanes Mall boulevard area

Urban challenges slum squatter settlement ghetto urban heat island Area with poor living and social conditions squatter settlement Area in which no one owns or rents the residential structures ghetto Section of a city in which a minority group lives urban heat island Increased temperatures in an urban area due to increased energy from buildings, roads, lighting, heating, etc…. suburbanization Population growth on the edges of large metropolitan areas commercialization Transforming an area attractive in terms of economic activity counterurbanization Migration of population from cities to smaller towns/rural areas

megalopolis/conurbation (fictional representation) New York City Atlanta Charlotte Winston-Salem Clemmons Lewisville

Cities - history Ancient Classical Precolonial

Cities - history Colonial Industrial Post industrial

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