Megacities

A [|very] [|large] city, typically one with a [|population] of over ten million [|people]. (Oxford English Dictionary) http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/megacity
 * MEGACITY Definitions**

Only refers to it as a synonym for "Megalopolis" - Generally the term describes any densely populated social and economic entity encompassing two or more cities and the increasingly urbanized space between them. It particularly came to describe the urbanized region of the northeastern U.S. that arose in the second half of the 20th century. Stretching between the metropolitan areas of [|Boston] on the northeast to [|Washington, D.C.], on the southwest, it included the metropolitan areas of [|New York City], [|Philadelphia], and [|Baltimore], Md. The name, meaning “great city,” was coined by French geographer Jean Gottmann. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megacity


 * The Megacities Project**: http://www.mega-cities.net/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2013/04/08/the-worlds-fastest-growing-megacities/
 * The World's Fastest Growing Megacities, Forbes, April 2013:**

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0211/feature3/
 * National Geographic Feature on Megacities:**

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=0CBEQ1Sc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fglobal-development%2Fdatablog%2F2012%2Foct%2F04%2Frise-megacities-get-data&ei=KAEvVMGeCJH3yQT8iIKwCg&usg=AFQjCNFJaXDi60ewfqdsAl8nWQmA9nLuSw&sig2=J-ezoA3DfcpjL_JIGRmvFg&bvm=bv.76802529,d.aWw
 * Rise of the Megacity: Interactive infographic, The Guardian, Oct 2012:**

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/megacities-global-security-and-the-map-the-future
 * Megacities, Global Security and the Map of the Future, Wilson Center, March 20 2012:**

http://www.stimson.org/topics/global-health/mega-cities-the-nexus-of-risk/ Case studies of Sao Paulo, Lagos, Karachi and Dhaka Bangladesh
 * Mega Cities: The Nexus of Risk, Stimson Center,**

Megacity Rising, ISN, October 2012: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDsQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.isn.ethz.ch%2FDigital-Library%2FArticles%2FDetail%2F%3Fid%3D171570&ei=jwMvVOXEGNK3yASlxIGABQ&usg=AFQjCNHc1uvKlnjlfDTliX7dcHMflu6JJQ&sig2=6rWyEnRZQcAEmcM8Vdr_uw&bvm=bv.76802529,d.aWw

Some kind of Megacity aggegator site with links, etc. may be affiliated with UN, unclear
 * Megacities: Problems, Challenges and Chances**: http://webs.schule.at/website/megacities/problems_en.htm