International Urban Areas Change in Land Area & Population 1960-1990
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Urbanized Areas |
Population |
Land Area |
Change in Density |
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San Jose |
138.0% |
51.6% |
57.0% |
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Fort Lauderdale |
286.9% |
163.7% |
46.7% |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth |
122.9% |
56.8% |
42.1% |
|
Los Angeles |
75.7% |
43.5% |
22.4% |
|
Phoenix |
263.4% |
198.8% |
21.6% |
|
Miami |
124.5% |
92.9% |
16.4% |
|
Riverside-San Bernardino |
209.5% |
172.2% |
13.7% |
|
San Diego |
180.9% |
150.0% |
12.3% |
|
San Francisco |
49.3% |
52.8% |
-2.3% |
|
Sacramento |
142.7% |
149.3% |
-2.6% |
|
Munich |
22.2% |
29.6% |
-5.7% |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
51.1% |
61.8% |
-6.6% |
|
Houston |
154.6% |
173.1% |
-6.8% |
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
172.6% |
198.2% |
-8.6% |
|
Portland |
79.8% |
102.1% |
-11.0% |
|
Cleveland |
-6.1% |
8.3% |
-13.3% |
|
Singapore |
64.3% |
96.7% |
-16.5% |
|
Vancouver |
95.1% |
134.4% |
-16.8% |
|
Tokyo |
104.9% |
147.2% |
-17.1% |
|
Seattle |
101.9% |
147.1% |
-18.3% |
|
Milwaukee |
6.6% |
30.6% |
-18.4% |
|
Sydney |
54.5% |
96.1% |
-21.2% |
|
Zurich |
13.1% |
44.4% |
-21.7% |
|
Calgary |
184.4% |
266.7% |
-22.4% |
|
San Antonio |
75.9% |
128.1% |
-22.9% |
|
Vienna |
-5.4% |
26.1% |
-25.0% |
|
Melbourne |
52.3% |
106.9% |
-26.4% |
|
Brussels |
-5.8% |
28.2% |
-26.5% |
|
New York |
13.7% |
56.8% |
-27.5% |
|
New Orleans |
23.1% |
75.3% |
-29.8% |
|
Copenhagen |
-12.8% |
24.3% |
-29.8% |
|
Adelaide |
74.0% |
148.9% |
-30.1% |
|
Chicago |
14.0% |
65.1% |
-31.0% |
|
Denver |
88.8% |
174.9% |
-31.3% |
|
Perth |
140.6% |
251.7% |
-31.6% |
|
Winnipeg |
36.3% |
100.0% |
-31.8% |
|
Paris |
26.9% |
89.0% |
-32.8% |
|
Washington |
86.0% |
177.1% |
-32.9% |
|
Boston |
15.0% |
72.7% |
-33.4% |
|
Detroit |
-1.1% |
52.9% |
-35.3% |
|
Pittsburgh |
-7.0% |
48.2% |
-37.2% |
|
Atlanta |
180.9% |
362.2% |
-39.2% |
|
Philadelphia |
16.1% |
95.0% |
-40.4% |
|
Hamburg |
-9.8% |
53.8% |
-41.4% |
|
Montreal |
47.9% |
152.5% |
-41.4% |
|
Cincinnati |
21.9% |
111.6% |
-42.4% |
|
Amsterdam |
-9.4% |
64.7% |
-45.0% |
|
St. Louis |
16.7% |
125.4% |
-48.2% |
|
Kansas City |
38.4% |
170.2% |
-48.8% |
|
Buffalo |
-9.5% |
78.8% |
-49.4% |
|
Baltimore |
33.2% |
169.5% |
-50.6% |
|
Brisbane |
114.5% |
361.4% |
-53.5% |
|
Norfolk |
160.4% |
509.2% |
-57.2% |
Calculated from data in Jeffrey Kenworthy, Felix B. Laube, and Peter Newman, An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities, 1960-1990. Boulder CO: University of Colorado Press, 1999
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