A depiction of Trantor, a fictional ecumenopolis from Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire
Ecumenopolis (from Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē) 'the inhabited world', and πόλις (pólis) 'city'; lit.'world city'; pl. ecumenopolises or ecumenopoleis) is the hypothetical concept of a planetwide city.
features Nar Shaddaa, a moon ecumenopolis known for being almost entirely ruled by crime lords, and Taris, a former ecumenopolis wiped out in the course of...
Coruscant (/ˈkɒrəsɑːnt/) is an ecumenopolis planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It was first described in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the...
Doxiadis, Ecumenopolis: Tomorrow's City Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Britannica Book of the Year, 1968. Chapter V: Ecumenopolis, the Real...
roadhouse is at the lowest level while the ecumenopolis is at the top with the greatest number of residents: Ecumenopolis – a theoretical construction invented...
forces, the hierarchical structure of human settlements, dynapolis, ecumenopolis). Finally, he formulated a general theory which considers human settlements...
Genesis. Apokolips is a large planet covered entirely by a city (an ecumenopolis). It is a notoriously dismal place, where the slavish Hunger Dogs (low-class...
Cities portal World portal Caput Mundi City quality of life indices Ecumenopolis Financial centre Metropolitan and urban regions with the largest foreign-born...
megastructures, despite frequently qualifying based on size. However, an ecumenopolis might qualify. Atlantropa, a hydroelectric dam to be built across the...
appears among the works linked at this home page. Arcology Conurbation Ecumenopolis Ekistics Settlement types: Hamlet Village Town City Metropolis Classification...
area Combined statistical area Consolidated city-county Conurbation Ecumenopolis Industrial region Larger urban zone (LUZ) Megacity Megalopolis (city...
neologism coined to link New York City, London, and Hong Kong as the ecumenopolis of the Americas, Euro-Africa, and Asia-Pacific that first appeared in...
York: W.W. Norton. Doxiadis, Constantinos A.; Papaioannou, J.G. (1974). Ecumenopolis: The Inevitable City of the Future. Athens: Athens Center of Ekistics...
installations such as Dyson spheres, the light from an extraterrestrial ecumenopolis, or Shkadov thrusters with the power to alter the orbits of stars around...
Megacity List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries Ecumenopolis Metropolis Megalopolis Sister city Separated by the Zambezi River at...
many different cultural backgrounds; a novel written by Don DeLillo Ecumenopolis – a city that covers an entire planet, usually seen in science fiction...
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areas. Metropolis Megalopolis (city type) Primate city Financial centre Ecumenopolis Global City Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide, 136th...
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