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Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, Band 167/2025, pp. 161-184, 2026/05/21
Band 167 (Jahresband), Wien 2025
Volume 167 (Annual volume), Vienna 2025
Jean Gottmann proposed the concept of Megalopolis and Megalopolis-like cluster (MMLC) in 1957. However, he did not provide an exact definition of the MMLC. As a result, a series of controversial issues has emerged in the related research. This article systematically explores the practical controversies faced by MMLC from multiple perspectives, including the confusion of concepts, disputes over spatial categories, and differences among stakeholders. Then, it analyses the causes of these controversies. Moreover, this paper carries out philosophical reflections and puts forward effective ways to deal with the controversies. Finally, it is not difficult to see that, although the MMLC describe cities with a relatively dominant level of socioeconomic development, there are always differences among different urban areas in the MMLC and the tendency for different types of people to form distinct groups continues to exist. Essentially, the specific geographical phenomenon referred to as MMLC does not constitute a fully coherent or stable geospatial system. Rather, it should be understood as a complex geographical region with boundaries that remain inherently vague.
Keywords: Megalopolis, megalopolis-like cluster, metropolis, megaregion, mega-urban region, mega-city region, urban agglomeration, conurbation