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Latino voters in Colorado care deeply about protecting water, air from potential oil shale development | Latino Decisions

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What Republicans Are Really Up Against: Population Density - Atlantic Cities

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To win in 2016, the party needs to revamp their stance on urban policies.

 

Check out the graph on population density and red vs. blue states.  Obama clearly won in areas with the highest population density, aka cities.


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The Rise of Megacities

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By 2025, the developing world will be home to 29 megacities.

 

Through this interactive mapping feature with rich call-out boxes, the reader can explore the latest UN estimates and forecasts on the growth of megacities (urban areas with over 10 million residents).  These 'cities on steroids' have been growing tremendously since the 1950s and present a unique set of geographic challenges and opportunities for their residents. 

 

Tags: urban, megacities.


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Matt Mallinson's comment, November 19, 2012 10:27 AM
If that's what is predicted for 2025, how populated will our world be by 2050? Scary to think about.
Seth Dixon's curator insight, January 16, 12:28 PM

Download the data yourself as a CSV file and your can import this into ArcExplorer or ArcMap and symbolize your map with any of the columns in the dataset.