Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains

Roseau

Castries Population distribution within the Tropical Andes countries

Soledad

Santa Marta

Barranquilla

Barcelona

Maracaibo

Caracas

Valencia

Cumana

Cartagena

Maturin

Cabimas

Valledupar

Santa Teresa

Sincelejo

Merida

Ciudad Guayana

Monteria

Cucuta

Turmero

Barinas

Maracay

Bucaramanga

Ciudad Bolivar

San Cristobal

Bello

Medellin

Barquisimeto

Floridablanca

Itagui

VENEZUELA

Manizales

Pereira Armenia

FRENCH GUIANA

Bogota

SURINAME

Buenaventura Cali

Villavicencio

GUYANA

Ibague

Neiva

Palmira

COLOMBIA

Pasto

Urbanization rate trends Percentage of people living in urban areas

Quito

Santo Domingo

100

ECUADOR

Guayaquil

VENEZUELA

PERU

Cuenca

Iquitos

PERU COLOMBIA BOLIVIA ECUADOR

Piura

80

Chiclayo

BRAZIL

Trujillo

Pucallpa

Chimbote

Huaraz

60

Inhabitants Per square kilometre

Huancayo

Lima

Less than 5 5 to 25 25 to 50 25 to 250 250 to 1 000 More than 1 000

Cusco

40

Ica

Juliaca

BOLIVIA

La Paz

Cochabamba

Arequipa

El Alto

20

Major cities* Thousand inhabitants

Tacna

Oruro

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2014

Sucre

7 600 3 000 1 000 200

PARAGUAY

CHILE

Sources: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). Columbia University; UN Statistical Division

*With more than 200 000 inhabitants

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