*Imagine living in a place like that. Or, a hundred years later yet, imagine living in the endless rambling *ruins* of a place like that.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/22/un-cities-mega-regions
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"Cities are pushing beyond their limits and are merging into new massive conurbations known as mega-regions, which are linked both physically and economically. Their expansion drives economic growth but also leads to urban sprawl, rising inequalities and urban unrest.
"The biggest mega-regions, which are at the forefront of the rapid urbanisation sweeping the world, are:
"• Hong Kong-Shenhzen-Guangzhou, China, home to about 120 million people;
"• Nagoya-Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe, Japan, expected to grow to 60 million people by 2015;
"• Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo region with 43 million people in Brazil.
"The same trend on an even larger scale is seen in fast-growing "urban corridors":
"• West Africa: 600km of urbanisation linking Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana, and driving the entire region's economy;
"• India: From Mumbai to Dehli;
"• East Asia: Four connected megalopolises and 77 separate cities of over 200,000 people each occur from Beijing to Tokyo via Pyongyang and Seoul...."
