conurbation

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The group described the issue as a "ticking time bomb" as conurbations develop across Africa and populations boom in cities such as Nigeria's Lagos and Ghana's Accra.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2016

Nor does he ignore the implications of the Gini coefficient, which indicates that widening inequality may be an ineluctable aspect of larger and larger conurbations.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2013

"The local business, from the big conurbations like Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, has also stopped coming in the same numbers as before."

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2012

But they share with the Japanese capital, and some of the great conurbations of other continents, such as Lagos or São Paulo, a role in reshaping the definition of what a city means.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2011

All told, more than 40% of the British population lives in seven monstrous conurbations surrounding London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow.

From Time Magazine Archive