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conurbation
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thumb|Skyscrapers of Seoul|Seoul, South Korea A conurbation is a region consisting of a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most cases, a conurbation is a polycentric urbanised area in which transportation has developed to link areas. They create a single urban labour market or travel to work area.
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Une conurbation est un ensemble urbain constitué de plusieurs noyaux urbains dont les banlieues finissent par se rejoindre. La notion et le terme ont été formulés dès le XIXe siècle par l'urbaniste britannique Patrick Geddes. Ce terme a tendance à être remplacé, souvent improprement, par celui de mégalopole.
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