摘要
"megalopolis"一词,在19世纪20年代之前出现于一般性刊物之中,意为"特大城市"。20世纪时这一词汇在学术作品中出现,主要被格迪斯和芒福德用来表示一个过于巨大而注定走向灭亡的城市,而戈特曼则用其定义一个巨大的、相互密切联系的城市区域,尤其指美国东北海岸的大城市连绵区。戈特曼的定义主导了地理学词典,但却被地理学之外的学科所忽视。牛津英语字典极力主张认可戈特曼(即地理学者)的用法,而地理学词典的编辑则极力主张对他们的定义进行修订。
The term‘megalopolis＇, meaning a large city, was in use in the general press by the 1820s： its occurrence in the scholarly press largely reflects use in the twentieth century by Patrick Geddes and Lewis Mumford to denote an overlarge city doomed to destruction, and by Jean Gottmann to denote a large and highly connected urban region, notably that in the northeastern USA. Gottmann ＇ s definition dominates dictionaries of geography, but is ignored outside the discipline. The Oxford English Dictionary is urged to recognize Gottmann＇ s （and hence geographers＇） usage： compilers of geographical dictionaries are urged to revise their definitions.
出处
《国际城市规划》
2007年第5期8-16,共9页
Urban Planning International
