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- proper noun The global
conurbation predicted and advocated by Konstantinos Doxiadis.
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Ecumenopolis, a term coined in the 1960s to suggest a future in which sprawling metropolises merge into one giant urban dystopia.
News 2012
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Ecumenopolis, a term coined in the 1960s to suggest a future in which sprawling metropolises merge into one giant urban dystopia.
News 2012
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I am a Humane Physicist working on the concept Ekalavya Multiversity an Ecumenopolis, for a democratic Globe, We have limits to growth, Robert Thomas Malthus, has predicted two centuries back that maximum number of humans who can be present at a given instant of time will be 9-12 billion, with medium and high fertility rate, we require one an half times the present infrastructure to accommodate entire humanity.
Earth & Sky Podcast 2009
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