Visualizations
Comparative Indo-LatAm Geography (mountains + rivers)
Length Comparison in an old Victorian map between the rivers in South America – the Amazon, River Plate (La Plata), and Orinoco (made famous in song by Enya) with the rivers Ganges and Indus.
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India and Latin America: Water Scarcity vs. Abundance
Total Actual Renewable Water Resources (TARWR)
Per capita m3/year
Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis
All future visualizations of complex issues should emulate this example. With input by Jess Bachman of Death and Taxes fame. As an aside, a compelling graphic of the spike in US home values driven by easy credit and their projected deflation with the popping of the credit bubble.via Mint Blog (20%)
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The Cost of a Long Life
Compelling graphic that demonstrates that throwing more money at problems does not always ensure better outcomes.
via UCSC
The chart highlights the sharp contrast between [...]
Where you pay 96 million dollars for a beer and 956 million dollars for dinner
Courtesy of the money printers at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The bizzarro world created by that state of affairs is cataloged here. Helicopter Ben Bernanke seems to derive inspiration from them. Zimbabwe dinner tab
Technorati Tags: hyperinflation
The Sun – The Big Picture
Endlessly renewable energy. Well, at least for a few billion years. Some amazing pictures of the sun here. No wonder there have been sun temples all over the world – a few in India, in Mexico, in Peru - Boston.comAn animation of the sun, seen by NASA’s Extreme
ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) over the course of 6 [...]
World water maps
Those who say water is a human right and so should be free are inhabiting an alternate reality. The world population is projected to reach 9 billion in 2050 from 6.5 billion today. There is NO way of piping free or subsidized water to these vastly increased numbers in Asia, especially India. The number of [...]
India’s place in History of the World Economy since 1500
Good visualization (courtesy: Visualizing Economics) that shows that India is a re-emerging market. According to economic historian Angus Maddison, (see Historical statistics at this link) India was the world’s biggest economy from 0 A.D. to the 15th century and second biggest through the start of the 19th century.
Encounters with colonialism (starting with the battle of [...]
Map depicting Oil Economics
Energy Bulletin
Cars vs. Bus vs. Bikes
Something for the urban planners, if they find a voice in decision making, in megacities like Mumbai and Sao Paulo to keep in mind.Core77 / design magazine
A poster in the city of Meunster’s Planning Office shows the amount of space taken up by cars, a bus, and bicycles used to transport the same number [...]
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