Land development, land use, and urban sprawl in Puerto Rico

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SJMA: "San-Juan Me-tro-po-li-tan A-rea"
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Table 1.

Comparison of the San Juan Metropolitan Area with worldwide cities with similar population (a), extent (b), or population density (c)

Urbanized area	Population (million)	Area (km2)	Population/km2
(a) Population
Surabaya (Indonesia)	2.5	140	17664
Nanjing (China)	2.1	124	17258
Tel Aviv (Israel)	2.5	339	7227
Bucharest (Romania)	2.0	285	7018
Napoles (Italy)	2.4	583	4117
Manchester (UK)	2.2	558	4023
Vienna (Austria)	2.0	557	3591
Cape Town (South Africa)	2.4	673	3566
Curitiba (Brazil)	2.3	803	2802
Frankfurt (Germany)	2.3	984	2297
San Diego (USA)	2.7	2025	1320
Minneapolis–St. Paul (USA)	2.4	2315	1032
St. Louis (USA)	2.1	2147	968
San Juan (USA-PR)	2.2	2310	960
(b) Extent
Sao Paulo (Brazil)	16.6	1981	8378
Manila (Philippines)	14.5	1943	7465
Jakarta (Indonesia)	17.0	2590	6564
Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto (Japan)	15.5	2760	5681
Buenos Aires (Argentina)	11.2	2771	4041
Paris (France)	9.6	2721	3545
San Diego (USA)	2.7	2025	1320
Minneapolis–St. Paul (USA)	2.4	2315	1032
San Juan (USA-PR)	2.2	2310	960
(c) Population density
St. John's (Canada)	123000	124	990
Canberra (Australia)	278000	287	967
Toledo (USA)	503000	524	960
Quebec (Canada)	635000	668	950
Tucson (USA)	720000	755	954
Memphis (USA)	972000	1036	939
Orlando (USA)	1157000	1173	986
St. Louis (USA)	2078000	2147	968
San Juan (USA-PR)	2217000	2310	960

Source: http://www.demographia.com/. Data for SJMA in bold.

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Land development, land use, and urban sprawl in Puerto Rico integrating remote sensing and population census data

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Notably, the SJMA is one of the most extended urbanized areas in the world when compared with cities of similar population from different countries. It is comparable to St. Louis and Minneapolis–St. Paul, which have been identified within the most sprawled cities in the U.S. (Sutton, 2003). The importance of SJMA is enhanced by its particular environmental situation: while urbanized areas comparable to SJMA are in relatively flat continental landscapes with vast sources of land for agriculture, expansion, and conservation, SJMA is located on a small and essentially mountainous island with limited sources of land. (Martinuzzi, Gould, Ramos)