What are the major urban agglomerations in the world? Is there one in China?

1, an urban agglomeration along the Atlantic coast in the northeastern United States. Urban agglomeration extends from Boston to Washington, including Boston, new york, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, including 40 cities (referring to cities with a population of over 654.38 million). The urban belt is 965 kilometers long, 48 to 160 kilometers wide and covers an area of138,000 square kilometers, accounting for 1.5% of the area of the United States. The population of this area is 65 million, accounting for 20% of the total population of the United States, and the level of urbanization has reached over 90%. It is the largest production base and commercial center in the United States and the largest international financial center in the world.

2. The Great Lakes Urban Agglomeration in North America. Urban agglomerations are distributed along the Great Lakes, from Chicago to Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and all the way to Toronto and Montreal in Canada. There are more than 20 metropolises with a population of over 6.5438+0 million. It is the most industrialized and urbanized area in the United States and Canada. Urban agglomerations in the northeastern United States and coastal urban agglomerations have become manufacturing belts in North America.

3. Japan's Pacific coast urban agglomeration, also known as Tokaido urban agglomeration. Generally speaking, it refers to the range from Chiba to the west, through Tokyo, Yokohama, Shizuoka and Nagoya, to Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. Urban agglomerations are generally divided into Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. This area covers an area of 35,000 square kilometers, accounting for 6% of Japan. The population is nearly 70 million, accounting for 6 1% of the total population in China.

4. Northwest European urban agglomeration. In fact, this super-city belt consists of the Greater Paris urban agglomeration, the Rhine-Ruhr urban agglomeration and the Dutch-Belgian urban agglomeration. The main cities are Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Antwerp, Brussels, Cologne and so on. There are 40 cities with a population of more than 654.38 million, with a total area of1450,000 square kilometers and a total population of 46 million.

5. British urban agglomeration with London as its core. The urban belt takes London-Liverpool as the axis, including big cities such as London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester, as well as many small towns. This is the main production base in Britain after the industrial revolution. The urban belt covers an area of 45,000 square kilometers and has a population of 36.5 million. It is the industrial intensive area and economic core area of Britain.

6. Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration with Shanghai as the center. This city group consists of Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, Huzhou and Shanghai. It covers an area of 654.38 million square kilometers and has a population of more than 72.4 million.