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It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804. But better medicine and improved agriculture resulted in higher life expectancy for children, dramatically increasing the world population, especially in the West.
This is an excellent video for population and demographic units, but also for showing regional and spatial patterns within the global dataset (since terms like 'overpopulation' and 'carrying capacity' inherently have different meanings in distinct places and when analyzed at various scales). It is also a fantastic way to visualize population data and explain the ideas that are foundational for the Demographic Transition Model.
This video describes and explains how we got to a population of 7 billion people so fast
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Two Yale architects pose the question in an ambitious research project.
"Hsiang and Mendis have increasingly come to believe that the only way to study and plan for our urban planet is to conceptualize its entire population in one seamless landscape – to picture 7 billion of us as if we all lived in a single, massive city."
I was very exited by the work being done by Bimal Mendis and Joyce Hsiang. I hear to much on the news and in conversation about over population, energy shortages and brutal living conditions. Creating a digital interactive medium is the most efficient way to educate the internet consuming public about issues and developments all over the world. It reminds me of the blue marble picture taken from Apollo 17, the first full color image of our planet. This image is considered to be the defining moment that awoke the conservation movement and understanding that the earth is our home and should be treated as such. I cant help hoping a program like “the city of seven billion” will help people to relies we are all one species and from that develop a move beneficial way of coexisting.
Interesting idea - I wonder if it will take hold. Worth watching -