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This photoblog will also link you to a full article and video that explains how the American pork industry is supplying China’s demand for protein as globalization forces (among others) has led the Chinese consumers to eat 10% more meat than they did just 5 years ago. WHat impact will this have on American agriculture? How to we explain fo the rise in meat demand in China?
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Activists in the Indian city of Mumbai launch a campaign to demand free public toilet facilities for women.
This is an interesting article that touches on themes of development, gender and modernization in the regional context of South Asia.
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The famous London based, Timothy Taylor Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of new works by Ron Arad. This marks the first show at the gallery since it announced sole representation of Arad in the UK.
That’s the best bookshelf I’ve ever seen.
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The past century has been defined by an epic migration of people from rural areas to the city. In 2008, for the first time in history, more of the Earth’s population was living in cities than in the countryside.
This image gallery is designed to present “images from space track relentless spread of humanity.” The ‘slide bar’ in the middle allows the viewer to scroll between before and after images of major metropolitan areas that have experienced dramatic growth in the last 10-30 years. The attached images is on Dubai, UAE. Notice the man-made islands, especially the ‘archipelago’ in the shape of the world that is 2.5 miles off the coast of Dubai.
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This cycling blog occasionally will have some political and urban commentary, especially arguing for more bike paths within our urban areas.
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architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures…
In the 1960s when the island of Surtsey (literally) erupted onto the scene off the coast of Iceland, it’s national sovereignty was not really called into question. The seamount, or near island named Ferdinandea in the Mediterranean is not even an island yet and countries are already positioning themselves to claim it. Only 6 feet below sea level, this seamount is incredibly valuable real estate because is a country can successfully came this territory, they could also lay claim to an Exclusive Economic Zone, extending up to 200 nautical miles beyond the coast.
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I found this on pinterest (where else?) and decided to share the cartographic love.
1. Paint your nails white/cream
2. Soak nails in alcohol for five minutes
3. Press nails to map and hold
4. Paint with clear protectant immediately after it dries.
This also works with newspaper, etc!!
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This also works with newspaper, but don’t try it with NatGeo Maps because the paper is of too high a quality to have the ink bleed out; I would recommend using an old USGS Topo map.
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A building boom is underway in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, and the country’s latest project is the most ambitious yet. Critics call it unrealistic.
There appears to be a new trend now happening in many Central Asian states where cities are built from nothing in the middle of nowhere with the hope that one day they will become major international economic hubs. This ambition vision of urbanization is fraught with peril as there is not a great track record of success for these types of ventures.
The article also contains a video of what the new city of Lazika and its Special Economic Region (SER) will look like. The video was produced by an outfit called “Silk Road” which may have also produced a similar idealized video of the city of Beijing in time for the Olympics (Thanks for sharing Lily!).
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If you haven’t discoverd “Strange Maps,” consider this your online introduction to a great blog that explores some of the more interesting cartographic and geospatial forms of representation and themes that you never thought you would see mapped out. This particular post is about map tattoos (with many pictures). For more Strange Maps, see: http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps
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