“Anyone wishing to understand Japan must sooner or later come to grips with the astounding megalopolis that is modern Tokyo.”

“The recent efforts of cities to strengthen their competitive position as hubs of the megalopolis are paying off.”

“The action is set in a suburb outside East London when the city has grown into a megalopolis of 30 miles in radius.”

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

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

“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.”

“By the 1960s, urban sprawl had created enormous megalopolises.”

“Indeed, in parts of the state there are densely populated rural equivalents of urban megalopolises.”

“It is not good for the country if it is made up of just four or five megalopolises.”