Conurbation
Categories: Urban studies and planning
A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. It is thus a polycentric form of agglomeration.
A metropolitan area usually combines one or several conurbations with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character, but closely dependent on the conurbation(s) in terms of employment and commerce.
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Examples
- Auckland
- Bajalta California
- Berlin
- Brisbane
- Gran Buenos Aires
- Greater Helsinki
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Greater Mexico City
- The Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
- Helsinki
- Hong Kong
- Medway
- Metro Manila
- Mumbai
- Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
- Randstad
- Rhine-Ruhr
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Stockholm
- Tricity
- Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area
- West Midlands
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See also
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External links
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