WORLD CITIES LAND AREA

40 World Cities Land Area In Square Miles
Divided By 240.65 Square Miles Of Rainforests
That Will Be Destroyed Per Day In The Year 2000

City Square Miles Destruction % Per Day
Tokyo 240 1 Day
Mexico City 522 2.17
Sao Paulo 451 1.87
New York 321 1.33
Seoul 342 1.42
Bombay 95 0.39
Calcutta 209 0.87
Rio de Janeiro 260 1.08
Buenos Aires 535 2.22
Manila 188 0.78
Moscow 379 1.57
Cairo 104 0.43
Jakarta 76 0.32
Tehran 112 0.47
Los Angeles 467 1.94
Delhi 138 0.57
London 874 3.63
Paris 432 1.80
Lagos 56 0.23
Karachi 190 0.79
Lima 120 0.49
Shanghai 78 0.32
Istanbul 165 0.69
Taipei 138 0.57
Chicago 228 0.95
Bogota 79 0.33
Bangkok 102 0.42
Madras 115 0.48
Beijing 151 0.63
Hong Kong 23 0.10
Santiago 128 0.53
Milan 344 1.43
Madrid 66 0.27
Baghdad 97 0.40
Athens 116 0.48
Sydney 338 1.40
Caracas 54 0.22
Toronto 154 0.64
Rome 69 0.29
Washington DC 357 1.48

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