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Model of spatial development of urban areas in Hanoi has many different to HCMC. Hanoi is located in the Red River Delta region, characterized by hundreds of scattered residential areas, including small towns, in contrast to most of the residential areas of HCMC uniform. The process of developing new around Hanoi dispersed similar, although from 2000 the settlements scattered connected to the corridor along the highway, as according to the northeast from the center line Hanoi through to Bac Ninh and Hai Duong east direction.
Report urban landscape of East Asia, a decade evaluate spatial development has been the World Bank (WB) announced shows that Vietnam is urbanizing rapidly, both in space and population.
Urban landscape 10 years is dominated by two major metropolitan areas of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, two urban areas expanded greatly, but still very cramped.
HCM City's most populous country, but tends to decrease the density of the urban population
To implement the report, the experts in the field of urban development of the WB has done surveys, studies assessing the spatial growth rate and population size in 869 metropolitan areas on 100,000 doors East Asia for 10 years (2000-2010).
WB said that in the decade 2000 - 2010, covering an area of urban Vietnam increased rapidly, from 7th place in the region (2000) with over 2,200 km2 area No. 5 (2010) for a total urban area reaches 2,900 km2. This included an increase of 700 km2 Vietnam became one of the country increased by the largest urban area in the region. Space, the urban areas of Vietnam rose 2.8% / year, are among the countries with the fastest growth rate of the region.
On the urban population, Vietnam has a large urban population sixth in the East Asian region, about 23 million people. In the period 2000 - 2010, Vietnam's urban population increased by 7.5 million people. The rate of urban population growth averaged 4.1% / year, which is also a high rate in the region just below Laos and Cambodia. During the period (2000 - 2010), the urban population in Vietnam changed from 19% live in urban areas (urban areas with 100,000 people or more) to 26%.
Urban population density in Vietnam reached about 7,700 people / km2 in 2010, the trend of Vietnam's urban areas is becoming more crowded than the whole area, although not in Indonesia, South Korea or the Philippines . Urban Population density Average Vietnam has increased to about 1,000 people / km2 in 10 years.
Municipalities in Vietnam fastest growing East Asian region in terms of space and population
One feature of urban networks Vietnam WB also been raised in the report on the development of urban areas, such as Vietnam is not very large urban scale with over 10 million residents. The two largest metropolitan areas of Vietnam is now Ho Chi Minh City (7.8 million) and Hanoi (5.6 million people). Two cities dominated the urban landscape of the country in both urban space and population. Besides, Vietnam is a municipality with a population of about 1-5 million people, about 6 Urban 500000-1 million people and 21 cities between 100,000 to 500,000 people.
WB forecast, if continued to increase at the current rate, by 2020 both the urban area of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will more than double in size and population compared to 2000. The urban area currently maintain rapid growth than other cities of Vietnam.
Urban Space, 2010 urban Hanoi urban area about 850 km2, an area of 810 km2 HCMC, the two urban areas are extended 270 km2 in the period 2000 - 2010. This rate of expansion is greater than any other metropolitan area in the region. More than 50% of the total urban area in Vietnam is located in two metropolitan areas, the distance between the two cities with the other urban areas of Vietnam is increasingly expanding.
World Bank report also stressed that most of the urban areas in the country has become denser in the past 10 years, only one notable exception is Vietnam, where most populous but decreased slightly in population density in the period 2000 - 2010. Although the absolute numbers, the population of the metropolitan area increased HCM 2.5 million (3.9% annually). Population growth Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City is still lower than the same period, an increase of 2.1 million in the same period (4.8% annually).
Urban space, approximately 820 km2 of the total area of Ho Chi Minh City Urban areas are only about 53% within the administrative boundaries of the city, 23% in Binh Duong, Dong Nai 18%. Significantly, 70% of urban expansion (2000-2010) outside Ho Chi Minh City, most of the area in the Pacific (42%).
Vietnam does not have any city with population of 10 million
Model of spatial development of urban areas in Hanoi has many different to HCMC. Hanoi is located in the Red River Delta region, characterized by hundreds of scattered residential areas, including small towns, in contrast to most of the residential areas of HCMC uniform. The process of developing new around Hanoi dispersed similar, although from 2000 the settlements scattered connected to the corridor along the highway, as according to the northeast from the center line Hanoi through to Bac Ninh and Hai Duong east direction.
Where the population density is the fastest growing metropolitan area in Hanoi is the oldest urban districts such as Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung and Hoan Kiem, with a population density of 40,000 people / km2. Both Dong Da Hai Ba Trung and are adding 100,000 people every county in the actual building area is not increased. So, although Hanoi may be expanding rapidly, the city center was very crowded capital will continue to outnumber.
Duc Tuan (Construction Report)