GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primate City, Mystic Seaport
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Typically found in asia or (2 most populous countries in the world) We are seeing more and more megacities, because we are becoming more and more urbanized. Span of connections of several major cities in a row. Most contain at least 3 major cities. One of which much be a mega city. Population core of usa - more than one sixth live here. City that has double the population as the next largest city it is primate. New york is not a primate city because it does not have double the population of la. Countries that have primate cities are hurt by them. Other cities can have less than primate cities. How many people are concentrated in one region. Some countries are more densely populated than others. China has differing population density depending on the location in china. New jersey is the most densely populated state. Paris vs new york vs beijing vs dhaka.
