Density of New Development 1970-1990:
International Urban Areas
|
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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