The LSE Cities Urban Age Programme has created density diagrams showing the number of people living in each square kilometre of a 100km by 100km area for cities around the world. Can you identify them?
Which city is this?
Dhaka
Chicago
Shanghai
Lagos
Which city is this?
London
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Which city is this?
Buffalo
Accra
Marseilles
Brisbane
Which city is this?
Islamabad
Kabul
Karachi
New Delhi
Which city is this?
Mumbai
Cairo
Jakarta
Hong Kong
Which city is this?
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Cape Town
Taipei
Which city is this?
Recife
Newcastle
Havana
Dar es Salaam
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New Orleans
Malaga
Melbourne
Rio de Janeiro
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Toronto
New York
Sao Paulo
Barcelona
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Buenos Aires
Mexico City
Nairobi
Beijing
10 and above.
Well done!
3 and above.
Oh dear
4 and above.
Not bad
2 and above.
Oh dear
0 and above.
Oh dear
1 and above.
Oh dear
LSE Cities says: “Residential density measures how closely people live together. More compact cities have higher densities, while cities that sprawl and have wide open spaces between buildings have lower densities. The pattern of streets, squares and urban blocks – as well as how many people live in residential units – determines the density of a city alongside the height of individual buildings.
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