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Mapping the Way We Live
Thames & Hudson
November 2008
On Sale: October 27, 2008
416 pages
ISBN: 0500514259
EAN: 9780500514252
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
366 cartograms cover a vast array of subjects, providing a
definitive reference on how regions and countries compare
in resources, production, consumption, and more. Advances in technology have made widespread and detailed
data gathering easier, resulting in a deluge of statistics
on subjects as diverse as literacy rates, military
spending, overweight children, television viewing figures,
and endangered species. But how do we represent and compare
data from one part of the world to another in a useful way? Here, sophisticated software combined with comprehensive
analysis of every aspect of life represents the world as it
really is. Digitally modified maps depict the areas and
countries of the world not by their physical size but by
their demographic importance on a vast range of topics. The rainforests of South America, with thirty percent of
the world's fresh water, make the continent balloon in an
analysis of water resources, whereas Kuwait, dependent on
desalinated seawater, disappears from the map. Fuel use,
alcohol consumption, population, malaria: here are hundreds
of key indicators to the way we live. This innovative and exceptionally accessible reference work
will be an indispensable tool for journalists, economists,
marketers, politicians, financiers, environmentalists, and
scholars. Its cartograms are augmented by graphs, tables,
and full commentaries. 366 color maps.
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