GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: New London, Connecticut, United States Coast Guard Academy, Mystic Seaport
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Four main principles of defining a city: a select area with a large population, examples; Beijing, china: mumbai, india, tokyo, japan i. Largest metropolitan area: 36 million people: mega cities i. ii. Examples: moscow, russia, london, england, hong kong, china, most mega cities are found in asia, many in china and india, megalopolis, must contain at least 3 major cities, one of which has to be a mega city ii. 1975: 3 mega cities: new york, tokyo, mexico city ii. iii. 2050: 39 mega cities: primate city i. A major city that has double to population as the next largest. If a country"s largest city has double the population of it"s next largest city, then the largest city is a primate city. ii. Examples: lagos, nigeria, paris, france, bangkok, thailand, sao paolo, brazil, athens, greece iii. Japan (336 people per sq. km. ) i: mongolia (1. 76 people per sq. km. , population density also varies within a country i.
