Robert Lang (Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy Institute), Jaewon Lim, and Karen Danielsen (both School of Public Policy and Leadership) recently had a piece published in the International Journal of Urban Sciences. Their article "The origin, evolution, and application of the megapolitan area concept," explores the origins and evolution of the megapolitan and megaregional concepts, and looks at future research on megapolitan areas facing growing connectivity beyond commuters and logistics exchanges.