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FIGURE 10.3
Metropolization has crept into some high mountain environments, as shown by the city
of Bogota, Colombia, at an altitude of some 2,650 m, with a metropolitan population of close to 8
million (2005). (Photo by C. Stadel.)
Urbanizing Mountain Populations
Urbanization and the rapid growth of cities were common features of the twentieth cen-
tury and continue to the present, affecting mountain populations in many ways. Cit-
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