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Metropolitan Areas
A collection of adjacent cities across which population density is high and continuous
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) → consists of a city of at least how many
50,000
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Micropolitan Statistical Area → same qualifications as the MSA, but utilized for cities with at least how many
10,000
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Megacites
The world’s largest cities
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Megacites typically have more than __ people
10,000,000
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Megacites 2
This shift from MDCs to LDCs is due to a high birth rate and a high rate of urban-to-rural migration in many less developed countries
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Megalopolis
A chain of connected cities
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Megaopolis includes nearly how may people
50,000,000
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What is a conurbation
megalopolis that has essentially merged into a single, uninterrupted urban area
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Metacites
urban areas with over 20 million people and are ranked by population size,
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World cites
\- Cities that exert influence far beyond their natural boundaries