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Table 4 Ten-year (2001–2011) population elasticity in selected Latin American cities

From: Trends and dynamics of material and energy flows in an urban context: a case study of a city with an emerging economy

 

GDP

Electricity

Total energy

Water

Mexico City

21.8

1.2

10.8

NA

Sao Paulo

16.5

4.5

3.9

2.2

Rio de Janeiro

10.2

10.8

5.4

4.3

Buenos Aires

9.3

3.3

1.6

NA

Lima

5.2

7.7

3.1

1.9

Bogota

5.0

0.5

1.4

0.8