#geography/y9/cities
Overview §
- According to the United Nations’ official definition list, a megacity is an urban area with an extremely large population, typically exceeding 10 million inhabitants.
- They are a product of rapid urbanisation and represent the extreme concentration of people, infrastructure, and economic activities within a single region.
Megacity distribution §
- As of 2023, a large concentration / distribution of megacities are present in the Asia region, with other megacities spread out throughout other continents at a lower concentration.
- Most notably, most megacities are coastal.