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Description of the Series The Megacity Book: Rental Car Tours on All 21 World Megacities Rental Car Tour of the World: Portland Presentation (20041218) Acapulco: Big Box Nirvana - Hypermarket Heaven (20040821) Alexandria: Linear City (20060507) Alice Springs, Ayers Rock and the Olgas (20070415) Trans-Andes Highway: Santiago-Mendoza-Valparaiso (20071020) Antwerp: Cutting Edge Metropolis (20040523) Athens: More Affluent and Spreading Out (20050604) Bangkok: City of Angels East (20061117) Barcelona: More than Meets the Eye (20040523) Biejing: Fast Track to Prosperity (20031013) Belo Horizonte: Barcelona of Brazil? (20030924) Berne: Old But Evolving Urbanism (20040117) Mumbai Affluent Archipelago in a Sea of Poverty (20061226) Boston: Atlanta-Style Suburban Sprawl (200401015) Brasilia: Livable, Drivable City (20030924) Bronx: South Bronx: Revival (20040527) Brussels: Suburban and Suburbanizing (20040529) Bucharest: Birthplace of Smart Growth (20040526) Buenos Aires: Faded Glory (20031006) Cairo: Urban Planning Model (20060511) Charlottetown: Birthplace of Canada (20040224) Chengdu: Capital of China's Largest Province (20070912) Cincinnati: Needless Myopia (20031120) Curitiba: World Class Public Transport (20030924) Delhi: Politics and Poverty (20061117) Detroit: Urban Policy Whipping Boy (20060129) Essen-Dusseldorf: Nameless in Germany Shopping in Europe (20041030) Fukuoka & Kitakyushu: End of the Line (20040609) Geneva: World Class City, Traffic & Graffiti (20040506) Gibraltar: Twinned with Ceuta? (20040617) Guadalajara: The Mexican Dream (20040912) Guangzhou: Pearl River Renaissance (20050822) Halle-Leipzig: Nearly Recovered from Socialism (20050604) Halle Neustadt: Decrepit Rail Station Preserves Socialist Past (20050604) Hobart: Jewel of Australia (20070112) Hong Kong: Like No Other (20050810) Hong Kong II: Freeways, Suburbs & Junkyards (20050820) Houston: "Can Do" Urban Area (20040609) Istanbul: 100-Mile City (20060418) Jabotabek (Jakarta): Unknown Giant (20060920) Johor & Singapore: Border Contrasts (20031228) The Kansas City Advantage: Livability (20060520) Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy: Waiting to be Discovered (20060315) Kitakyushu & Fukuoka: End of the Line (20040609) Kolkata: As Bad as its Reputation-Smart Growth Model (20061117) Krakow: Ideal City, with a Side Trip to Krakow (20060315) Krup Thep Manakhon: City of Angels East (20061117) Kuala Lumpur: Low Density Model for Asia (20070524) Las Vegas: Playground of the World (20061211) Leipzig-Halle: Nearly Recovered from Socialism (20050604) Leon: Curitiba in Mexico (20040912) Lisbon: Leaping from the Past to the Future (20031221) London: Planning Disfigured Metropolis (20031203) Los Angeles: Highest Density, Best Transport System (20070321) Lyon: Europe Personified (20060714) Macau: West Pearl River Anchor (20050821) Madrid: Beltways Everywhere (20031221) Malaga: Heart of Retirement Haven (20040623) Manila: Rich and Poor (20070216) Manaus: More Similar than Different (20030924) Marseille: Defined by Geography (20040506) Mendoza: City of Trees (20071020) Trans-Andean Highway: Santiago-Mendoza-Valparaiso (20071020) Mexico City: Largest City Not to Be (20031010) Mexico City #2: East Side-West Side (20040912) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Linear & Visionless Milano: Transport Potential Mississippi Gulf Coast: A Side Trip (20060623) Side Trip to Even More Faded Montevideo (20031006) The Montreal Region: Planning At Peace with the Future (20031101) Moscow Resurrected from Lenin and Marx (20070227) Mumbai Affluent Archipelago in a Sea of Poverty (20061226) Munich: Decentralizing Affluence Nagoya: Emerging Japanese Urban Form? (20031019) Nantes: Capital of the Loire (20031206) New Delhi: Politics and Poverty (20061117) New Orleans: Destroyed by Government Floods (20060623) New York: Threats and Opportunities (20061129) New York: South Bronx: Revival (20040527) Nowa Huta: Ideal City, with a Side Trip to Krakow (20060315) Orlando: Walkable Edge City (200401015) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: Inconspicuous, Diverse Giant (200301003) Paris: More than the Ville de Paris (20070913) Porto: Portugal's Picturesque Second City (20030530) Porto Alegre: Public Transport Jewel? (20030924) Puebla: Between the Mountains(20040912) Rhein-Ruhr-Wupper: Nameless in Germany (20031021) Rio de Janeiro: City of Rich and Poor (20030924) Rotterdam: Higher Density Suburbs & Exurbs San Diego: The End of Growth (20081117) Trans-Andean Highway: Santiago-Mendoza-Valparaiso (20071020) Sao Paulo: City of Hopes (20030924) Sapporo: Capital of Texas? (20031003) Seoul-Inchon: Automobile Oriented Compact City (20031004) Seville: Planner's Europe (Almost) (20050530) Shanghai: Big Changes Ahead (20030930) Shenzhen: Start of China's Future (20050810) Singapore & Johor: Border Contrasts (20031228) Shenzhen: Start of China's Future (20050810) South Bronx: Revival (20040527) St. Louis: From Carthage to Rising Phoenix (20070424) Stuttgart: Village Sprawl Provides a Geography Lesson (20060701) Tianjin: Philadelphia of China (20031013) Tokyo-Yokohama: Unique and Superlative (20031002) Toluca: Growing Exurb (20040912) Toronto: Los Angeles of the North (20040117) Detroit: Inappropriate Comparisons to Toronto (20060129) Valencia: Atlanta in Spain (2004913) Valparaiso-Vina del Mar: Urbanization on the Incline (20071119) Trans-Andean Highway: Santiago-Mendoza-Valparaiso (20071020) Warsaw: Rising as a Phoenix from Planning (20060315) Wuhan: City of Rivers and Lakes (20070912) Xi'an: The First "World Class City" (20070912) Zurich: Spilling Into the Mountains (20041023)  RELATED INFORMATION International Urbanized Area Population & Density: 352 Areas Additional Articles Planned Urban Tours by Rental Car: Statistics Demographia: Affiliated with The Public Purpose, Twice A National Journal Top Internet Site Demographia is "pro-choice" with respect to urban development. 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