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Types of cities
- EcumenopolisIn 1967, a Greek city planner named Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis coined the word ecumenopolis. He used this term to describe a future where urban areas…
- City-stateA city-state is an independent sovereign city that serves as the primary hub of political, economic, and cultural life within its contiguous territory.
- Capital cityThe word capital derives from the Latin word caput, meaning head. Poet Ovid used the phrase in the 1st century BC to describe Rome as the center of power.