Table
5.1
Statistics for the thirty-eight urban regions analyzed. P/A = perimeter to area; L/W = length to width. See Figure
5.1
map.
City (Nation)
Populationof city
Latitude◦()
Elevation(m)
Tem
perature
◦(C)
Precipitation(cm)
Metroperimeter(km)
Metro area(km
2 )
Metro P/Aratio
Metro L/Wratio
EUROPELondon (UK)
7 127 000
52N
5
11.1
59
381
1 672
0.23
1.5
Berlin (Germany)
3 388 000
52N
50
9.4
56
221
905
0.24
1.9
Rome (Italy
)2
733 000
42N
115
16.1
65
155
388
0.4
1.6
Bucharest (Romania)
1 922 000
44N
82
10.9
58
105
286
0.37
1.2
Stockholm (Sweden)
1 850 000
59N
44
6.1
57
183
500
0.37
1.7
Barcelona (Spain)
1 527 000
41N
95
15.7
60
97
219
0.44
1.6
Nantes (France)
278 000
47N
30
12.3
79
87
171
0.51
1.3
NORTH
AMERICA
Chicago (USA)
2 896 000
42N
185
10.6
84
748
3 993
0.19
1.4
SanDiego/Tijuana
(USA/Mexico)
2 373 000
33N
4
17.2
25
354
1 138
0.31
1.7
Philadelphia (USA)
1 518 000
40N
2
12.4
104
538
2 459
0.22
1.4
Ottawa (Canada)
774 000
45N
79
6.3
73
133
372
0.36
1.8
Edmonton (Canada)
616 000
54N
656
2.6
44
176
550
0.32
1.3
Po
rtland (USA)
529 000
46N
9
12.8
101
325
1 325
0.25
1
Atlanta (USA)
416 000
34N
307
16.1
120
707
3 133
0.23
1.1
LATIN
AMERICA
Mexico City (Mexico)
8 590 000
19N
2231
15.6
58
287
1 606
0.18
1.5
Santiago (Chile)
4 668 000
33S
529
14.1
36?
219
525
0.42
1.3
Brasilia (Brazil)
2 051 000
16S
1061
21.3
154
248
478
0.52
2
Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
820 000
14N
1004
20
94
51
81
0.63
1.3
Iquitos (Peru)
368 000
4S
116
25
274
68
85
0.8
5.8
(cont
.)