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URBAN GROWTH OF SELECTED MOUNTAIN CITIES
ADDIS
ABABA
ETHIOPIA
Average altitude:
2 450 m
BOGOTÁ
COLOMBIA
Average altitude:
2 650 m
KUNMING
CHINA
Average altitude:
1 900 m
MEXICO
CITY
MEXICO
Average altitude:
2 250 m
1975
2000
2016
1970
2000
2016
1974
1998
2016
1970
2000
2016
Sources: Google Earth (2016); Rymkiewicz & Kranert (2013) “Spatial integration of waste management data in urban areas: Addis Ababa,”
GGC
; Ferro & Roa (2018) “Bogotá: Ciudad densa y compacta,”
Camara de Comercio de Bogotá
; Burdett (2015) “A tale of four
world cities,”
The Guardian
; Zhang & et al (2012) “Examining Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in the Lake Dianchi Watershed,”
IJERPH
;
Acuerdo por el que se expide el programa integral de transporte y vialidad 2007-2010
(2010) Secretaría de Transportes y Vialidad.
Built up area
10 km