Annual percentage change in urbanization: Dark red shows 3 to 5.4 percent, seen in most of Africa and Afghanistan. Red and orange (1 to 2.9 percent), like in Mexico, India, and Australia. Yellow shows less than 1 percent, as in Russia and U S A.
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Class | Rank | Percentage of annual change | Agua Vermelha Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Ahai Dam (Areva) Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Akosombo Hydroelectric Project Ghana | Aldeadavila Hydroelectric Power Plant Spain | Aswan High Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant Egypt | Ataturk Hydroelectric Power Plant Turkey | Bad Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant SC USA | Baishan Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Bath County Pumped Storage Hydroelecric Power Plant VA USA | Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Bento Munhoz (Foz do Areira) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Bersimis-1 Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Bhakra Nangal Hydroelectric Power Project India | Blenheim Gilboa Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant NY USA | Boguchany hydroelectric power station Russia | Bonneville Hydro Power Plant OR USA | Boundary Dam Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Bratsk Hydroelectric Dam Power Plant Russia | Bureya (Bureyskaya) Hydroelectic Power Plant Russia | Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Plant Mozambique | Caruachi (Francisco de Miranda) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Castaic Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant CA USA | Cheboksarskaya Hydroelectic Power Plant Russia | Chief Joseph Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Chirkey (Chirkeiskaya) Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Chivor Hydroelectric Power Plant Colombia | Churchill Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Cirata Hydroelectric Power Project Indonesia | COO I and II Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Project Belgium | Dachaoshan Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Danipro (Dnieper) Hydroelectric Power Plant Ukraine | Danjiangkou Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Dinorwig Pumped Storage Power Station UK | Drakensberg Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant SA | Edolo Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant Italy | El Chocon Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina | Emborcacao (Theodomiro Sampaio) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Eng Sergio Motta (Porto Primavera) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Eng Souza Dias (Jupia) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Entracque Chiotas-Piastra Pumped Storage Power Plant Italy | Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Fengman Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Furnas Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | G M Shrum (W.A.C. Bennett) Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Geheyan Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Gezhouba Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Ghazi Barotha Hydroelectric Project Pakistan | Glen Canyon Dam Hydro Power Plant AZ USA | Goldisthal Pumped Storage Power Plant Germany | Grand Coulee Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Grand Maison Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Station France | Grande Dixence Hydroelectric Power Scheme Switzerland | Guangdong (Guangzhou) Pumped Storage Power Plant China | Guavio Hydroelectric Power Plant Colombia | Guri (Simon Bolivar) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Helms Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant CA USA | Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Power Plant Vietnam | Hoover Dam Hydro Power Plant AZ/NV USA | Ilha Solteira Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Imaichi Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Indira Sagar Hydro Power Plant India | Infiernillo Hydroelectric Mexico | Inga II Hydroelectric Power Plant Democratic Republic of Congo | Ingula Pumped Storage Power Station South Africa | Inguri (Enguri) Dam Hydroelectric Power Station Georgia | Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station Romania | Ita Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil-Paraguay | Itumbiara Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | John Day Hydro Power Plant OR USA | Jose Richa (Salto Caxias) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Karakaya Hydroelectric Power plant Turkey | Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Project India | Kariba North Hydroelectric Power Station Zambia | Karun-3 Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Karun-4 Hydroelectric Power Project Iran | Keban Hydroelectric Power plant Turkey | Kettle Rapids Hydroelectric generating Station Canada | Koyna I-IV (Pophali) Hydro Power Plant India | Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Project Russia | La Grande-1 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | La Grande-2-A Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | La grande-3 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | La grande-4 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Lam Takhong Pumped Storage Power Plant Thailand | Lenin Komsomol Saratov Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | Limestone Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Linth-Limmern Pumped Storage Power Plant Switzerland | Long Spruce Hydroelectric Geneerating Station Canada | Ludington Hydro Power Plant MI USA | Luis Carlos Barreto de Carvalho (Estreito) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Luiz Gonzaga (Itaparica) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Macagua (Jose de Sucre) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Malpaso | Mangla Dam Hydroelectric Project Pakistan | Manic-2 (Jean-Lesage) Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Manic-3 (Rene-Levesque) Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Manic-5 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Manic-5-PA Hydroelectric generating Station Canada | Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) | Manuel Piar (Tocoma) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Marimbondo Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Markersbach Pumped Storage Power Plant Germany | Masjed-e-Soleiman Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Merowe Dam Hydroelectric Power Project Sudan | Mica Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Mingtan Pumped Storage Power Plant Taiwan | Montaro-Tablachaca Hydroelectric Power Plant Peru | Mosul Hydroelectric Power Plant Iraq | Muddy Run Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant PA USA | Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Power Project Laos | Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Electric Project India | Ney Braga de Barros (Segredo) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant MA USA | Nuozhadu Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Nurek Hydroelectric Power Project Tajikistan | Okawachi (Okochi) Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Okukiyoshi 1 and 2 Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Okumino Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Omarugawa Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Outardes-3 Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Paulo Afonso Complex Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Paulo Afonso IV Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Piedra del Aguila Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina | Presenzano (Domenico Cimarosa) Pumped Storage Power Plant Italy | R.H. Saunders Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant TN USA | Revelstoke Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Robert Moses Niagara Hydro Power Plant NY USA | Robert-Bourassa Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Hydro Power Plant GA USA | Rocky Reach Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Roncovalgrande Pumped Storage Power Plant Italy | Salto Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina-Uruguay | Salto Osorio Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | San Carlos I and II Hydroelectric Power Plant Columbia | Sao Simao Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Saratovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Sardar Sarovar Dam Hydroelectric Power Station India | Sayano-Shushinskaya Dam and Hydroelectric Project Russia | Serra da Mesa (Sao Felix) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Shahid Abbaspour (Karun-1) Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Sharavathi Hydro Power Plant India | Shimogo Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Shin Toyone Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Shuibuya Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Sir Adam Beck II Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Sobradinho Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Tala Hydroelectric Power Plant Bhutan | Tanbara (Tamahara) Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Tarbela Dam Hydroelectric Power Project Pakistan | Tehri Hydroelectric Power Project India | The Dalles Hydro Power Plant OR USA | Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Plant China | Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan | Tucurui Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Upper Gotvand Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Dam Russia | Vianden Pumped Storage Power Plant Luxembourg | Volgograd (Volzhskaya) Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | Votkinskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Wanapum Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Xiaolangdi Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Xingu Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Yacyreta Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina-Paraguay | Yangyang Pumped Storage Power Plant South Korea | Zagorsk I Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Zaiskaya (Zeya) Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Zhiguli (Zhigulyovskaya) Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | |
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