BosWash
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BosWash is a name coined by
BosNYWash is a variant term that specifically references New York City,[4] which is a central hub and has long been by far the largest metropolis in the region and the country. In 1971, The Bosnywash Megalopolis was published.[5]
Origin
The publication of the ideas of Kahn and Wiener were part of a study commissioned in 1965 by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which published the results of the commission's findings in the summer of 1967 as "Toward the Year 2000: Work in Progress", a special issue of Dædalus, journal of the academy.[6] In their portion of the work, Kahn and Wiener, discussing urbanization, began by writing the following.[7]
The United States in the year 2000 will probably see at least three gargantuan megalopolises. We have labeled these—only half frivolously—"Boswash," "Chipitts," and "SanSan."
The pair went on to give rough geographic dimensions to the areas. BosWash was described as "the megalopolis that will extend from Washington to Boston" along "an extremely narrow strip of the North Atlantic coast."
Usage
The three terms gained use in the period immediately following publication of The Year 2000, with
Isaac Asimov predicted in 1964 that by 2014, "Boston-to-Washington, the most crowded area of its size on the earth, will have become a single city with a population of over 40,000,000".[11]
See also
- East Coast of the United States
- Eastern United States
- Megacity
- Northeast Corridor
- Northeastern United States
- Northeast megalopolis
- Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions
References
- ISBN 978-0-02-560440-7.
- ^ "City Chain in East Forming a System— Paris Analyst Calls Coastal 'Megalopolis' the World's 'Largest, Most Complex'", The New York Times, May 26, 1958, p. 32
- ISBN 0-527-02819-3.
- ISBN 978-0-7391-1919-8.
- ISBN 0-07-092795-2.
- ISBN 9780262522373. Retrieved 2009-10-24.)
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- ISBN 0-7432-3633-5. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ISSN 1528-9729. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Boswash Definition". Random House Dictionary. 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ Asimov, Isaac (2016-08-16). "Visit to the World's Fair of 2014". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ a b Lang, Robert E. & Dhavale, Dawn (July 2005). "Beyond Megalopolis: Exploring America's New "Megapolitan" Geography" (PDF). Census Report Series. 05 (1). Blacksburg, Virginia: Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-27.