South America
- The Rio de Janeiro—São Paulo Megalopolis: which includes a parts of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states, that spreads throughout much of the Southeast Region of the country, a conurbation which brings together more than 450 cities - defined primarily by metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and the whole catchment area around and between them (separated by about 300 km) is by far the most urbanized and industrialized country and Latin America; Projects to include the urban area of Belo Horizonte, in Minas Gerais, the third largest in the country (and the largest in the state of Minas Gerais, the second most populous in Brazil), and thus the entire area of influence established by linking it with the existing Rio-São Paulo megalopolis, now being studied. If approved, the megalopolis population crowd would jump from 45 million today to more than 60 million (2011 est.); Official population 2011 Census: 45,678,990;
Read more about this topic: Megalopolis (city Type)
Famous quotes containing the words south america, south and/or america:
“I need not tell you of the inadequacy of the American shipping marine on the Pacific Coast.... For this reason it seems to me that there is no subject to which Congress can better devote its attention in the coming session than the passage of a bill which shall encourage our merchant marine in such a way as to establish American lines directly between New York and the eastern ports and South American ports, and both our Pacific Coast ports and the Orient and the Philippines.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“A friend and I flew south with our children. During the week we spent together I took off my shoes, let down my hair, took apart my psyche, cleaned the pieces, and put them together again in much improved condition. I feel like a car that’s just had a tune-up. Only another woman could have acted as the mechanic.”
—Anna Quindlen (20th century)
“What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles?... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia: What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable: The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles.”
—Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)