Built areas 187LondonBerlin+Rome+Bucharest+Stockholm+Barcelona+NantesChicago+San Diego/Tijuana+Philadelphia+Ottawa•EdmontonPortlandAtlantaMexico CitySantiagoBrasilia+TegucigalpaIquitos- Cairo
*
Nairobi+Bamako+East LondonAbecheBeijing*
MoscowSeoul*
Tehran*
Sapporo+UlaanbaatarErzurumKagoshimaBangkokKuala Lumpur+CuttackSamarindaCanberraRahimyar Khan•
Europe602724822513721720131127112712209103091314122068411319517433281427North
AmericaLatin
AmericaAfrica West-East
AsiaSouth Asia-
AustraliaAverageGeographic area, with cities from large to small populationTo wns in different locations within urban-region ring (%)
100806040200= Agricultural land
= Natural area
= Near border of agricultural
and natural areasFigure 7.13Locations of towns in agricultural and natural land relative to geography
and city size. Towns are almost always noticeably smaller in area than satellite cities
(see Color Figures 2--39). Percentage is relative to all towns (number listed near
bottom) in an urban-region ring. Location means mainly surrounded by agricultural
land or natural land (usually landscape-sized, i.e.,≥100 km^2 and compact in shape),
or near the border between the land types. Towns not included are along rivers,
major streams, and other major water bodies. See Figure 7.2 caption.