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Density of New Development 1970-1990:
International Urban Areas

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International Urbanized Area Analysis and Data Product
Dated 29 July 2000 as Revised.
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Rank Urbanized Area Change in Population Change in Land Area (Square Miles) Density of New Development
1 Manila 3,982,000 72 55,686
2 Hong Kong 1,586,000 29 54,305
3 Surabaya 951,000 21 45,471
4 Jakarta 3,461,000 82 41,991
5 Singapore 631,000 34 18,622
6 Tokyo 10,326,000 621 16,640
7 Kuala Lampur 1,572,000 148 10,641
8 Los Angeles 3,051,000 394 7,744
9 Miami 695,000 94 7,394
10 Edmonton 178,000 26 6,791
11 San Jose 410,000 61 6,721
12 Ottawa 274,000 42 6,526
13 Sacramento 456,000 80 5,700
14 Fort Lauderdale 624,000 115 5,426
15 Vancouver 515,000 102 5,045
16 Paris 1,416,000 314 4,516
17 Calgary 307,000 70 4,414
18 Montreal 376,000 85 4,408
19 Riverside-San Bernardino 586,000 150 3,907
20 San Diego 1,150,000 309 3,722
21 San Francisco 642,000 193 3,326
22 Phoenix 1,143,000 353 3,238
23 Dallas-Fort Worth 1,182,000 372 3,177
24 Sydney 731,000 247 2,960
25 Seattle 506,000 175 2,891
26 Winnipeg 107,000 37 2,888
27 Portland 347,000 121 2,868
28 Denver 471,000 166 2,837
29 Tampa-St. Petersburg 846,000 359 2,357
30 Perth 439,000 192 2,288
31 Melbourne 519,000 249 2,087
32 Brisbane 466,000 229 2,036
33 Washington 882,000 450 1,960
34 Houston 1,224,000 638 1,918
35 Norfolk 655,000 365 1,795
36 San Antonio 356,000 215 1,656
37 Adelaide 181,000 113 1,602
38 Atlanta 985,000 702 1,403
39 Minneapolis-St. Paul 379,000 342 1,108
40 Baltimore 310,000 283 1,095
41 New Orleans 78,000 86 907
42 Kansas City 173,000 269 643
43 Cincinnati 101,000 177 571
44 Boston 122,000 227 537
45 Philadelphia 201,000 412 488
46 Chicago 77,000 308 250
47 St. Louis 64,000 267 240
48 Zurich (3,000) 12 (248)
49 New York (163,000) 542 (301)
50 Milwaukee (26,000) 55 (473)
51 Pittsburgh (168,000) 182 (923)
52 Detroit (274,000) 247 (1,109)
53 Buffalo (133,000) 72 (1,847)
54 Munich (33,000) 18 (1,853)
55 Frankfurt (34,000) 18 (1,905)
56 Hamburg (140,000) 40 (3,526)
57 Vienna (74,000) 14 (5,268)
58 London (772,000) 142 (5,424)
59 Cleveland (264,000) 34 (7,765)
60 Copenhagen (186,000) 13 (14,866)
61 Amsterdam (113,000) 6 (20,397)
62 Brussels (110,000) 4 (26,597)
Sample: Urban areas in Kenworthy-Laube and balance of US urbanized areas with more than 1,000,000 population in 1990.

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