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Adric, le due classifiche le ha postate JMGarcia su Skyscraperpage.com, lo conosco e è uno dei più esperti. Ha chiaramente indicato le due tipologie di elenchi, in questo modo:

Here are 2 different ways of measuring the population. The first is based on each cities national government's statistics on the size of the metropolitan area. The second is based on contigous areas over a certain population density. Quite a difference.

E Shwan aggiunge:

Tokyo is far larger than New York, on every level. Drive 20 miles east of NYC and you are in Norwalk, CT (population density of somewhere around 3000 pp sq m). Drive 20 miles east of Tokyo and you are in Chiba, population density of 30,000 pp sq mile. Drive just 15 miles south of NYC and you are somewhere in Union or Middlesex Co, population density of around 4000 pp sq mile. Drive 15 miles south of Tokyo and you are in Minato-ku of Yokohama City, population density of over 40,000 pp sq mile. 20 miles north of NYC? Somewhere in suburban Westchester Co. 20 miles north of Tokyo? Middle of Saitama, population density of 20,000 pp sq mile. 20 miles east of NYC and you're in suburban Bergen Co. 20 miles east of Tokyo and you're in Kokubunji-shi (city): population density of 36,570 pp sq mile. Tokyo does not reach the peak densities that can be found in Manhattan, but it FAR surpasses NY in continual, truly urban area. I have lived in both cities, and trust me...as much as I like NYC, it cannot hold a candle to Tokyo when discussing a topic such as this.