Cities in Comparison: The Extent of Urban Expansion Around the Globe - Neatorama

Many cities around the world are rapidly going through changes especially with urban developments. Keeping track of all that could be taxing and very challenging to do. Fortunately, the website Atlas of Urban Expansion has compiled data and statistics on 200 cities which they present in an interactive map.

This analysis examined the size of cities, their population densities and the proportion of built-up and open spaces in each city. The individual results page for each of the analyzed 200 global cities provides a fascinating insight into the urban composition of cities around the globe.

If you select to view an individual city's results page you can view a number of maps and graphs visualizing the city's population and its composition.

-via Google Maps Mania

(Image credit: Atlas of Urban Expansion)

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Places in SW Florida are growing by leaps and bounds. I've seen a lot of change since moving here in 2001.

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Some of these places don't show a lot of change. It would be interesting to get more data points. Also disappointing we don't have places like Las Vegas as it was the fastest growing city in the U.S. for a while.

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Frankenstein's Monster did have a name. Victor dubbed him "Adam" , though he was never actually addressed by that name.

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I'm a Romanian. I don't mind talking about Dracula. B(r)am!

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Regarding the pronunciation, you got it halfway correct: the 'ei' in the commonly used 'Frankenstein' is correct, and the 'Fronk-un' is correct. Add a 'sh' to that, and you'll get the proper German phonetics of 'Fronk-un-shtein'. Didn't know he was named 'Adam', Monica. Well done.

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@Barking_Bud- Frankenstein is my favorite novel of all time (I've probably read it 50 times), so it wasn't that hard for me to know that little tidbit. ;) In the novel, after Victor sees what he's created, he abandons the name 'Adam' in his writings and refers to him only as the abomination, the creature, the monster, etc.

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@Monica - The first half of my post was meant for the generic article reader and Miss C, it wasn't meant to be smart-allecky towards you :). And after that I just wanted to thank you for your contribution.

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Actually, I assumed Miss C was making a joking allusion to Gene Wilder's character Fredrick Frankenstein in "Young Frankenstein," who insisted on that pronunciation in the beginning of the movie to divorce himself from his grandfather's reputation.

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ror Gorira sounds kind of lacist.

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Sorry to have misinterpreted then :p But hey, it's the Internet after all: German phonetics are awesome, all Frankenstein movies kick ass, and now 56% of us will probably watch a cute kitty video LOL

Sidenote: I am not German myself.

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