Question

When studying the Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana, Alfred Meyer noted four stages of development as new groups occupied this land. In stage 4, __________, new cities spread across new territory and grew toward one another.

Answer 1

When studying the Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana, Alfred Meyer noted four stages of development as new groups occupied this land. In stage for Con-urbanization, new cities spread across new territory and grew toward one another.

Conurbanization is the process that the metropolitan area grows so outward that it merges with other metropolitan areas.