Editing Megacity (section)

==In fiction==

Megacities are a common backdrop in [[dystopia]]n [[science fiction]], with examples such as the Sprawl in [[William Gibson]]'s ''[[Neuromancer]]'',<ref name="sharp">{{cite book |title=Popular Contemporary Writers |last=Sharp |first=Michael D. |year=2005 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn= 978-0-7614-7601-6 }}</ref> and [[Mega-City One]], a megalopolis of between 50 and 800 million people (fluctuations due to war and disaster) across the east coast of the [[United States]], in the ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' comic.<ref name="legal">{{cite book |title=The Legal Companion |last=Powell |first=Vincent |year=2005 |publisher=Robson |isbn= 978-1-86105-838-6 |page=54 }}</ref> In ''[[Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man]]'' a megacity called "[[San Angeles]]" was formed from the joining of [[Los Angeles]], [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], [[San Diego]] and the surrounding metropolitan regions following a massive earthquake in 2010.<ref name="blackspace">{{cite book |title=Black space: imagining race in science fiction film |last=Namu |first= Adilifu |year=2008 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn= 978-0-292-71745-9 }}</ref> Fictional planet-wide megacities ([[ecumenopoleis]]) include [[Trantor]] in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Foundation (book series)|''Foundation'' series]] of books and [[Coruscant]] (population two trillion) in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe.<ref name="greenwood">{{cite book |title=The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy: themes, works, and wonders, Volume 2 |last=Westfahl |first=Gary |year=2005 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn= 978-0-313-32952-4 }}</ref>