The era of the megalopolis: How the world’s cities are merging

As urbanization spreads, cites are merging into one another to create 'megalopolises'. Image: Unsplash/Kevin Nalty
James Cheshire
Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, UCL
Michael Batty
Chair and Professor of Planning, UCL

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