Thursday, September 24, 2009

Largest Cities in the World

Pretty interesting how they stack up against each other. Also Portland, Oregon and San Fransisco, California are on the top 10 "green" cities in the world and yet dont reach this kind of density. Could this mean that its easier to stay "green" with less people? (All numbers below are in millions)

1. Tokyo Japan 34.2
2. Mexico City Mexico 22.8
3. Seoul South Korea 22.3
4. New York USA 21.9
5. Sao Paulo Brazil 20.2
6. Bombay India 19.9
7. Delhi India 19.7
8. Shanghai China 18.2
9. Los Angeles USA 18.0
10. Osaka Japan 16.8
11. Jakarta Indonesia 16.5
12. Calcutta India 15.7
13. Cairo Egypt 15.6
14. Manila Philippines 15.0
15. Karachi Pakistan 14.3
16. Moscow Russia 13.8
17. Buenos Aires Argentina 13.5
18. Dhaka Bangladesh 13.3
19. Rio de Janeiro Brazil 12.2
20. Beijing China 12.1
21. London England 12.0
22. Tehran Iran 11.9
23. Istanbul Turkey 11.5
24. Lagos Nigeria 11.1
25. Shenzhen China 10.7
26. Paris France 10.0
27. Chicago USA 9.8


4 comments:

  1. Could the program be developed of as a type of Geometric progression?

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  2. In the sense of lets say from triangle to square and how it evolves in between?

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  3. Ok, but what about the circle?

    Circle - Square - Triangle

    http://www.math.nmsu.edu/~breakingaway/Lessons/T2S/Triangle2Square.htm

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  4. Also See:

    The ABC's of [triangle square circle]: the Bauhaus and design theory

    http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/187477009?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbearcat.nyit.edu%2Fuhtbin%2Fcgisirsi%2Fx%2F0%2F0%2F5%3Fsearchdata1%3D1878271423%26checksum%3Ddc31b4e026a3097c81df73f140f1ede3&title=New+York+Institute+of+Tech&linktype=opac&detail=ZNT%3ANew+York+Institute+of+Tech%3AAcademic

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