Demographia

New & Revised Items: 2003

USA Urbanized Areas Household & Poulation Density: 1950 & 2000 (20031228)
United States: Share of State Population in Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000 (20031228)
United States: Urbanization in Major Metropolitan Areas (20031228)
United States: Substantially Contiguous Urbanized Areas (20031228)

Shenzhen-Hong Kong: Like No Other
Johor & Singapore: Border Contrasts (20031228)
Singapore & Johor: Border Contrasts (20031228)
Guangzhou: Pearl River Renaissance (20031227)
Guangzhou: Population and Density by District (20031226)

USA Metropolitan Regions (2000 Geographical Definition) Population 1900-2000 (20031226)
Shenzhen: Population by District (20031226)
Hong Kong-Shenzhen: Like No Other (20031226 Revised)
Hong Kong New Towns Population & Density 2000 (20031226)
Hong Kong Urbanized Areas Population & Density 2000 (20031226)

Portland's N.W. 23rd --- Not a Model (20031224)
London Urbanized Area Population & Density Historical Estimates from 1680 (20050617)
Hong Kong: Like No Other (20031222)
Portland's Ballooning Urban Growth Boundary: A Chartbook (20031222)
Madrid: Beltways Everywhere (20031221)

Lisbon: Leaping from the Past to the Future (20031221)
World Urban Population Density by Nation & Area (20031221)
International Urbanized Areas: Density Trends by Geographical Area: 1960-1990 (20031221)
USA Farmland by State: 1950-2002 (20031221)
Ceaucescu: Father of Smart Growth (20031220)

Sprawl and Obesity: A Flawed Connection by Wendell Cox and Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D. (20031220)
Where Rail Transit Works and Why (20031220)
Planning is a Tool, Not a Goal (20031220)
13 Myths of Urban Sprawl (20031220)
From Never-Never Land to Shangri-La: The Livability Fantasy (20031220)

Confiscating the American Dream (20031220)
The Anti-Sprawl Movement: Anti-Minority and Anti-Immigrant (20031220)
Blackout Lesson: Keep the Gas Tank Full (20031220)
Sprawl and the Quality of Life (20031220)
Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)

The Sierra Club's Huddled Masses Vision (20031220)
New Report Confirms Smart Growth Raises Housing Prices (20031220)
Obesity and Life Styles: Is it the Hamburger or your House?-Link (20031220)
Michael Crichton on Environmental Religion-Link (20031220)
Michael Crichton on Global Warming-Link (20031220)

Largest International Urban Areas (20031221)
Large International Urban Areas Population & Density: Alphabetical (20031221)
Large International Urban Areas: Ranked by Density (20031221)
International Urban Areas Covering the Most Land Area (20031221)
Sprawl and Obesity in Chicago: Why All the Fuss? (20031220)

USA Household Densities: Little Changed Since 1960 (20031214)
Largest World Metropolitan Areas: 1950 (20031214)
Portland Expands Urban Growth Boundary to Above 2040 Plan Area (20031210)
Smart Growth & Housing Affordability: Paper for Millenial Housing Commission (20031210)
Shenzhen: Population by District (20031209)

World Metropolitan Regions (Labour Markets) over 10,000,000: 2000 (20031209)
Housing Affordability US Metropolitan Areas: 1991-2001 (20031209)
Air Pollution Trends in Canada: 1980-2000 (20031209)
Advisory: Long Traffic Delays: BWI Aiport Car Rental Returns (20031205)
National Journal Again Cites The Public Purpose as a Top Transport Site (20031205)

Urban Rail & Traffic Congestion (20031206)
Nantes: Capital of the Loire (20031206)
London: Planning Disfigured Metropolis (20031203)
PRESS RELEASE: Wendell Cox Elected Vice-President of CODATU (20031201)
Southeast England Population Change by Area 1991-2001 (20031021)

Southeast England Population from 1891 (20031129)
London Area Population from 1891 (20031129)
New Report Confirms Smart Growth Raises House Prices (20031121)
Cincinnati: Needless Myopia (20031120)
Neal Peirce Column: Smart Growth in the Crosshairs (20031114)

Challenge: Public Transport v. Highway Costs (20031114)
Challenge: Transportation Choice (Auto-Competitive Transit) (20031114)
USA Air Quality Trends: 1970-2001 (20031114)
Ceaucescu: Father of Smart Growth (20031110)
Planning Is a Tool, Not a Goal (20031110)

Where Urban Rail Works & Why (20031110)
The Anti-Sprawl Movement: Anti-Minority and Anti-Immigrant? (20031110)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Linear & Visionless (20031106)
USA Local Government Spending per Capita (20031101)
Change in USA Local Government Spending by Decade: 1950-2000 (20031101)

The Montreal Region: Planning At Peace with the Future (20031101)
Mag Lev (Magnetic Levitation) Local Transit Cancelled in Essen-Dusseldorf (20031021)
Essen-Dortmund-Dortmund-Duisburg: Nameless in Germany (20031021)
Rhein-Ruhr-Wupper: Nameless in Germany (20031021)
Nagoya: Emerging Japanese Urban Form? (20031019)

Texas Transportation Institute Data: Traffic Trends Worse in Smart Growth Portland: The Public Purpose #72 (20031018)
Texas Transportation Institute Urbanized Area Traffic Trends (20031018)
Why Can't Sao Paulo be Curitiba? Book Review: The Brazilians (20031018)
Brazil: Gross Domestic Product (GDP/PIB) by State: 2000 (20031017)
China: Gross Domestic Product (GDP/PIB) by Province & Municipality: 1997 (20031017)

Sao Paulo: City of Hopes Revised (20031010)
Mexico City: Largest City Not to Be (20031010)
Side Trip to Even More Faded Montevideo (20031006)
Buenos Aires: Faded Glory (20031006)
Seoul-Inchon: Automobile Oriented Compact City (20031004)

Sapporo: Capital of Texas? (20031003)
Tokyo: Unique and Superlative (20031002)
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: Inconspicuous, Diverse Giant (200301002)
Shanghai: Big Changes Ahead (20030930)
Sao Paulo Index (20030928)

Sao Paulo Subpreteitura (District) Population and Density (20030928)
US Cities and Villages 2002 Population Estimates (20030928)
US Cities and Villages over 25,000 Population: 2002 by State: 1,290 Jurisdictions (20030928)
US Cities and Villages over 25,000 Population: 2002 Ranked: 1,290 Jurisdictions (20030928)
International Urbanized Areas Ranked by Population Density: 189 Areas (20030928)
International Urbanized Areas Ranked by Land Area: 189 Areas (20030928)

International Urbanized Area Population & Density: 189 Areas (20030928)
The Neighborhoods of Paris (20030928)
Tokyo: Unique and Superlative (20030924)
Belo Horizonte: Barcelona of Brazil? (20030924)
Manaus: More Similar than Different (20030924)

Porto Alegre: Public Transport Jewel? (20030924)
Urban Tours by Rental Car: Index (20030924)
Urban Tours by Rental Car: Introduction to the Series (20030924)
Curitiba: World Class Public Transport (20030924)
Brasilia: Livable, Drivable City (20030924)

Sao Paulo: City of Hopes (20030924)
Rio de Janeiro: City of Rich and Poor (20030924)
Blackout 2003 Lesson: Keep the Gas Tank Full: Planetizen Oped (20030820)
Livability: The How-It-Never-Was Illusion: The Public Purpose #70 (20030818)
Opiate of the Planners: 13 Myths of Urban Sprawl: Public Purpose #70 (20030816)

Urban Population and Economic Growth: International Context (20030816)
Smart Growth and Urban Policy: Misguided Urban Policy (20030816)
The Illusion of Transporation Choice: Veritas Article (20030816)
The Illusion of Transporation Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030816)
The Illusion of Transit Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030816)

San Francisco Area Trafffic Intensity: City v. Outside (20030814)
Paris Population History from 1365 (20030719)
Comment les evenements du 11 septembre ont influence les transports americains? Paris Lecture (20030719)
Ville et transports: le temps de la reconciliation? Paris Lecture (20030719)
Paris Core & Peripheral Employment (20030719)

International Central Business District Market Share Trends (20030717)
International: Cities with Declining Population Ranked (20030710)
St. Louis Population Loss Rate Highest in the World (20030710)
International: Cities with Declining Population (20030710)
Milano City & Suburban Population from 1971 (20030709)

Milano Index (20030709)
If Money Grew on Trees.. Flyvbjerg on Infrastructure Lying - The Public Purpose #67 (20030706)
New Urban Strip Mall (20030628)
New Urban Hypermarket (20030628)
Letter to The Guardian Re: Lord Rogers & Mayor Livingstone on Density (20030628)

Canada Province & US State & DC Gross Product per Capita: 2001 (20030626)
Canada Government & Private Employee Absence Rate: 2001 (20030626)
USA Government & Private Employee Absence Rate: 2001 (20030626)
Hong Kong Population & Density by District: 1991-2001 (20030626)
Spam Violators List (20030623)

The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways (20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)
Mag-Lev: Time for a Decent Burial: The Public Purpose #62 (20030610)
The Public Purpose #61: Reauthorization: What's the Point? (20030610)
The Public Purpose #60: Loss of 177 Light Rail Projects Threatens L.A. Transportation Funding (20030606)

US Federal Highway Administration Revenues & Expenditures from 1921 (20030604)
The Public Purpose #59: The London Congestion Charge: Cautions (20030531)
South American Daily Busway Ridership Compared to US Rail Ridership (20030519)
South American Daily Busway Ridership Compared to US Transit Ridership (20030519)
The Public Purpose #58: Transit: The Politician's Best Friend (20030517)

The Public Purpose #57: How Higher Density Makes Traffic & Air Pollution Worse (20030513)
Higher Consumer Expenditures Where Densities are Higher (20030508)
Cost of Smart Growth Revisited (20030508)
Presentation to Greater Toronto Area Transport Summit (20030418)
American Dream Conference: Presentation from Debate with Andres Duany (20030418)

Change in Italy Metropolitan Population by Density: 1991-2001 (20030418)
Western European Cities with Static Boundaries (20030417)
Urban Areas with 1950 Boundary Core Cities: 1950-2000 (20030417)
Portland: Smart Growth Champion: The Public Purpose #56 (20030312)
Cost of Driving: USA: 1999 (20030227)

London on the Eve of Congestion Charging (20030215)
Good Riddance to Maryland's Glendenning Dogma (20030116)
Houston Chronicle's Vast Light Rail Conspiracy? (20030127)
Auto Competitive Transit Service? Not Even in a Snow Storm (20030125)
Taken for a Ride: Parsons Brinckerhoff Expose (20030129)

Japan Home Ownership & Detached Housing by Prefecture & Metropolitan Area (20030120)
Portland & Phoenix Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Portland & Fresno Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Vancouver & Fresno Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Envision Utah: Entangling Utah (20030120)

Portland & San Jose Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Vancouver & San Jose Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Toronto & Los Angeles Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Vancouver & Phoenix Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Portland & Los Angeles Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)

Vancouver & Los Angeles Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Canada & Western USA Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Good Riddance to Maryland's Glendenning Dogma (20030116)
Anti-Sprawl Policies: Hazardous to Our Wealth (20030116)
Japan Central Business District Employment Market Shares (20030112)

Urban Area Density Estimate Released for Fukuoka (20030112)
Urban Area Density Estimate Released for Kitakyushu (20030112)
Urban Area Density Estimate Released for Hiroshima (20030112)
Urban Area Density Estimate Released for Dublin (20030112)
Urban Area Density Estimate Released for Sendai (20030112)

Urban Area Density Estimate Released for Sapporo (20030112)
Main Reason for Choosing Neighborhood: Recent US Movers (20030108)
Massive Freeway Expansion Associated with Below Average Increase in Pheonix Roadway Use (20030108)
Portland Roadway Use Expands Despite Limitations on Freeway Expansion (20030108)

New Items 2002

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