Step 1: Find where the curve and the line meet. Set \(x^2=4\), which gives \(x=-2\) and \(x=2\). So the region D is bounded above by \(y=4\) and below by \(y=x^2\), for \(-2\le x\le 2\).
Step 2: Set up the double integral as a single integral over x. \[\iint_D dA=\int_{-2}^{2}\int_{x^2}^{4} dy\, dx=\int_{-2}^{2}(4-x^2)\,dx.\]