National Geographic | 711 × 559 mm | Published 25 February 2015

Examine the rise of the modern metropolis with City Dominance: Cities Rule the World, a powerful thematic plate from the 10th Edition of the National Geographic Atlas of the World. This visually compelling map explores how cities have expanded in number, scale, and influence—revealing the geographic realities behind urban concentration, population growth, and the emergence of the world’s great megacities.

Rather than focusing on a single nation or region, this plate takes a global perspective, showing how cities increasingly dominate economic, political, and social life across the planet. It is an outstanding wall reference for classrooms, libraries, universities, urban planners, and anyone interested in the geography of contemporary urbanisation.

🗺️ Features & Highlights

• Gaining Numbers
  Explores the rapid increase in the number of cities worldwide and the growing concentration of people in urban environments.

• Tracking Leading Cities
  Highlights the major cities that have shaped global urban development and continue to exert outsized influence.

• Identifying City Sizes
  Helps explain the different scales of urban settlement, from smaller cities to the world’s largest metropolitan centres.

• Defining a City
  Examines the challenge of defining what a “city” actually is across different countries and statistical systems.

• Distribution of Cities by Population and Area
  Presents the relationship between population size, urban footprint, and regional settlement patterns in a clear visual format.

• Growing Megacities
  Focuses on the rise of the world’s largest urban agglomerations and the extraordinary pace of metropolitan growth.

• A superb example of National Geographic’s thematic atlas cartography, turning complex urban data into an engaging and highly readable visual resource.

✨ Available Finishes

🔨 Note: Hang-railed maps are professionally mounted—please allow up to 10 working days.

📐 Specifications

🎁 Perfect For

• Geography, planning, and urban studies classrooms

• Libraries and universities needing a strong thematic wall reference

• Architects, planners, and policy professionals studying city growth and urban systems

• Collectors of National Geographic atlas plates

• Home and office décor with an intellectual, global perspective

🚚 Delivery

• Paper, Laminated, Canvas (rolled): Typically ship within 1–2 business days

• Hang-Railed Maps: Made to order—please allow up to 10 working days

• Protective Packaging: Securely packed to arrive in pristine condition

Bring the story of the world’s rising cities to your wall with this insightful National Geographic atlas plate—a striking visual guide to the scale, spread, and dominance of urban life in the modern world.