The modern megacity may have been largely an invention of the West, but it’s increasingly to be found largely in the East. The seven largest megacities (defined as areas of continuous urban ...

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Mumbai. Shanghai. Tokyo. Beijing. According to the United Nations, megacities—urban areas with a population of ten million or more—housed approximately 12 percent of urban dwellers as of 2014. Here ...