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Originally Posted by IluvATX
I always liked this thread. Keep ‘em coming Yuri.  Do you have any info on Southeast Asia cities? |
I can do it! The thing is, all those areas have been densely populated since ever, so we cannot expect a population surge. Moreover, they haven't experienced urban decline in the same degree of Northern American, European and Brazilian cities, paving the way for an urban renaissance that started in the 1990's.
In fact, many East Asian cities work as a big Downtown themselves, like:
--- Tokyo squeezing 9,733,276 people in only 627 km² (15,511 inh./km² density) and growing.
--- Kowloon plus northern half of Hong Kong Island: 3,164,590 in mere 88 km² for a super density of 35,961 inh./km², putting Manhattan and Paris to a shame;
--- Shanghai inner city: 6,683,712 in 289 km² for a density of 23,127 inh./km²;
--- Guangzhou inner city: 6,337,811 in 280 km² for a density of 22,635 inh./km²;
--- Seoul 9,586,195 people in 605 km² (15,839 inh./km² density).