World: MEGACITIES AND MAJOR URBAN AREAS World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): Population & Projections The Megacity Book: Rental Car Tours on All 24 World Megacities (20080701)   North America: CANADA Charlottetown: Birthplace of Canada (20040224) Detroit: Inappropriate Comparisons to Toronto (20060129) Montreal Region: Planning At Peace with the Future (20031101) Toronto: Los Angeles of the North (20040117)   North America: MEXICO Acapulco: Big Box Nirvana - Hypermarket Heaven (20040821) Guadalajara: The Mexican Dream (20040912) Leon: Curitiba in Mexico (20040912) Mexico City: Largest City Not to Be (20031010) Mexico City #2: East Side-West Side (20040912) Puebla: Between the Mountains(20040912) Toluca: Growing Exurb (20040912)   North America: UNITED STATES Boston: Atlanta Style Suburban Sprawl (20040117) Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida (20100425) Cincinnati: Needless Myopia (20031120) Detroit: Inappropriate Comparisons to Toronto (20060129) Detroit: Urban Policy Whipping Boy (20060129) Houston: "Can Do" Urban Area (20070704 Revised) The Kansas City Advantage: Livability (20060520) Las Vegas: Playground of the World (20061211) Levittown: Birthplace of the American Dream (20080701) Los Angeles: Highest Density, Best Transport System (20070321) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Linear & Visionless Mississippi Gulf Coast: A Side Trip (20060623) New Orleans: Destroyed by Government Floods (20060623) New York: Threats and Opportunities< (20061129) New York: South Bronx: Revival (20040527) Orlando: Walkable Edge City (200401015) South Bronx: Revival (20040527) San Diego: The End of Growth (20071117) St. Louis: From Carthage to Rising Phoenix (20070424)   Europe: GENERAL Europe: Shopping in Europe (20041030)   Europe: BELGIUM Antwerp: Cutting Edge Metropolis (20040523) Brussels: Suburban and Suburbanizing (20040529)   Europe: FRANCE Lyon: Europe Personified (20060714) Marseille: Defined by Geography (20040506) Nantes: Capital of the Loire (20031206) Paris: More than the Ville de Paris (20070913)   Europe: GERMANY Halle Neustadt: Decrepit Rail Station Preserves Socialist Past (20050604) Leipzig-Halle: Nearly Recovered from Socialism (20050604) Munich: Decentralizing Affluence (20050329) Essen-Dortmund-Dortmund-Duisburg: Nameless in Germany Rhein-Ruhr-Wupper: Nameless in Germany (20031021) Stuttgart: Village Sprawl Provides a Geography Lesson (20060701)   Europe: GIBRALTAR Gibraltar: Twinned with Ceuta? (20040617)   Europe: GREECE Athens: More Affluent and Spreading Out (20050604)   Europe: ITALY Milano: Transport Potential (20050327)   Europe: NETHERLANDS Rotterdam: Higher Density Suburbs and Exurbs (20050330)   Europe: POLAND Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy: Waiting to be Discovered (20060315) Krakow: : Ideal City, with a Side Trip to Krakow (20060315) Nowa Huta: Ideal City, with a Side Trip to Krakow (20060315) Warsaw: Rising as a Phoenix from Planning (20060315)   Europe: PORTUGAL Porto: Portugal's Picturesque Second City (20030530) Lisbon: Leaping from the Past to the Future (20031221)   Europe: ROMANIA Bucharest: Birthplace of Smart Growth (20040526)   Europe: RUSSIAN FEDERATION Moscow Resurrected from Lenin and Marx (20070227)   Europe: SPAIN Barcelona: More than Meets the Eye (20040523) Madrid: Beltways Everywhere (20031221) Malaga: Heart of Retirement Haven (20040623) Seville: Planner's Europe (Almost) (20050530) Valencia: Atlanta in Spain (2004913)   Europe: SWITZERLAND Berne: Old But Evolving Urbanism (20040117) Geneva: World Class City, Traffic & Graffiti (20040506) Zurich: Spilling Into the Mountains (20041023)   Europe: UNITED KINGDOM London: Planning Disfigured Metropolis (20031203)   Europe & Asia: TURKEY Istanbul: 100-Mile City (20060418)   Asia: BANGLADESH Dhaka: The Draw (20090522) NarayanganjDhaka: The Draw (20090522)   Asia: CHINA Biejing: Fast Track to Prosperity (20031013) Chengdu: Capital of China's Largest Province (20070912) Changsha: Construction Central (20100210) Chongqing: Ultimate China (20100101) Fushun: Rust Belt But Hopeful (20081124) Fuzhou(20120128) Dongguan: The Unknown (20080701) Guangzhou: Pearl River Renaissance (20031227) Guiyang: Expanding Over the Mountains (20100328) Hangzhou: West Lake and More (20081209) Hong Kong: Like No Other (20050810) Hong Kong II: Freeways, Suburbs & Junkyards (20050820) Kunming: Eternal Spring City (20100328) Macau: West Pearl River Anchor (20050821) Nanjing: Intermittent Capital (20081231) Ningbo: Across the Bridge from Shanghai Pearl River Delta: Overflight(20081127) Quanzhou(20120128) Shanghai: Big Changes Ahead: Revised (20081123) Shenyang: Recovering Strongly (20081127) Shenzhen: Start of China's Future (20050810) Suzhou: All of China in One Place (20081205) Taiyuan: Rust Belt Recovery (20081214) Tianjin: Philadelphia of China (20031013) Wenzhou(20120128) Wuhan: City of Rivers and Lakes (20070912) Xiamen(20120128) Xi'an: The First "World Class City" (20070912) Zhengzhou(20120130)   Asia: INDIA Bombay Affluent Archipelago in a Sea of Poverty (20061226) Delhi: Politics and Poverty (20061117) Kolkata: As Bad as its Reputation-Smart Growth Model (20061117) Mumbai Affluent Archipelago in a Sea of Poverty (20061226) New Delhi: Politics and Poverty (20061117)   Asia: INDONESIA Jabotabek (Jakarta): Unknown Giant (20060920)   Asia: JAPAN Fukuoka & Kitakyushu: End of the Line (20040609) Kitakyushu & Fukuoka: End of the Line (20040609) Nagoya: Emerging Japanese Urban Form? (20031019) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: Inconspicuous, Diverse Giant (200301003) Sapporo: Capital of Texas? (20031003) Tokyo-Yokohama: Unique and Superlative (20031002)   Asia: KOREA Seoul-Inchon: Automobile Oriented Compact City (20031004)   Asia: MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur: Low Density Model for Asia (20070524) Johor & Singapore: Border Contrasts (20031228)   Asia: PHILIPPINES Manila: Rich and Poor (20070216)   Asia: SINGAPORE Singapore & Johor: Border Contrasts (20031228)   Asia: THAILAND Bangkok: City of Angels East (20061117) Krup Thep Manakhon: City of Angels East (20061117)   Asia: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi(20120130) Dubai: Unfinished Skyscraper City (20100201)   Asia: VIET NAM Ho Chi Minh City: Mobile Urban Area (20081121)   South America: ARGENTINA Buenos Aires: Faded Glory (20031006) Cordoba (Argentina)(20120130) Mendoza: City of Trees (20071020) Rosario(20120130) Trans-Andes Highway: Santiago-Mendoza-Valparaiso (20071020)   South America: BRASIL Belo Horizonte: Barcelona of Brazil? (20030924) Brasilia: Livable, Drivable City (20030924) Curitiba: World Class Public Transport (20030924) Manaus: More Similar than Different (20030924) Porto Alegre: Public Transport Jewel? (20030924) Rio de Janeiro: City of Rich and Poor (20030924) Sao Paulo: City of Hopes (20030924)   South America: CHILE Santiago: Favored Quarter, Favored Urban Area (20081117) Valparaiso-Vina del Mar: Urbanization on the Incline (20071119) Trans-Andes Highway: Santiago-Mendoza-Valparaiso (20071020)   South America: URUGUAY Montevideo: Side Trip to Even More Faded Montevideo (20031006)   Africa: EGYPT Alexandria: Linear City (20060507) Cairo: Urban Planning Model (20060511)   Oceania: AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Ayers Rock and the Olgas (20070415) Hobart: Jewel of Australia (20070112)