Title: Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program Urban Growth in American Cities
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Urban Growth in American Cities
Table of Contents
Urban Growth in American Cities
Locator Map
Ongoing Urban Dynamics Research
Acknowledgments
Bibliography

Content: Urban Growth in American Cities
Glimpses of U.S. Urbanization
By Roger Auch 1, Janis Taylor 1, and William Acevedo 2
January 2004
1 SAIC TSSC, work performed under U.S. Geological Survey contract 03CRN001; Raytheon ITSS, work performed under U.S. Geological Survey contract 1434-CR-97-CN-40274. 2 U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior
Gale A. Norton, Secretary
U.S. Geological Survey
Charles G. Groat, Director
U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center; 2003
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Purpose and Introduction
Growth of Urban Areas
Locator Map
Historical Comparisons of Metropolitan Regions
Atlanta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Denver, Colorado
Houston, Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Memphis, Tennessee
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Orlando, Florida
Phoenix, Arizona
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
Sacramento, California
Seattle-Tacoma, Washington
Tampa-St.