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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