312 Gathering the pieces
Threat of landslides.Ankara, Caracas, Hong Kong, San Salvador (El
Salvador)
Uncertainty near major migrating river and moving desert dunes.Rahimyar
Khan
Built areas close to frequent woodland fires.Barcelona, Canberra, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, San Diego/Tijuana, Montpelier (France)
Active nuclear-power facility in urban region.Kiev
Metro area close to military concentrations and demilitarized zone. SeoulInteresting patterns
Many of these are relatively uncommon land-use patterns, where the
balance between pros and cons seems somewhat equal, or more study is war-
ranted.Metro-area characteristics, city, and urban regionTwo major cities nearby but separate.Glasgow and Edinburgh, Baltimore
and Washington
Asingle government for essentially the whole urban region.Beijing, Brisbane
(Australia)
Metro-area population more than twice the city population. Lagos, Los Angeles,
Lyon (France), New York, Cincinnati (USA), Seoul, Tokyo
Megacity with somewhat manageable urban problems. London, Moscow, New
York, Tokyo
Metro area in part a product of recent wars and a several-decade partition.
Berlin
Relatively distinct semi-circular metro area.Manado (Indonesia), Toronto
Metro area with unusually long and convoluted border.Chicago, Atlanta,
Philadelphia
Several built-area lobes on perimeter of metro area. Moscow, Stockholm,
Santiago, Kuala Lumpur
No major greenspace wedges on metro-area perimeter.London, Barcelona,
Mexico City, Beijing, Samarinda
Several unique/distinctive natural-systems-related features dose to metro-area bor-
der.Brasilia, Barcelona, Portland, London
Planned city seemingly ‘‘ overrun” by extensive urban growth.Brasilia, Chandi-
garth(India), Curritiba (Brazil), Washington
Major sections of city somewhat separated by elongated greenspaces.Asahikawa
(Japan), Brasilia (sections with distinctive shapes), Canberra,
Harare (Zimbabwe), Johannesburg