The Geography of Global Cropland Expansion
We’ve converted over 100 million hectares to cropland since 2000, but the expansion is happening in some surprising places. This map shows where agriculture is claiming the planet’s surface, and how much land different foods actually require.
Read MoreHow gender-equal is your country? MGI examines gender equality across 15 indicators
These countries are home to 93% of the world’s women and represent 97% of global GDP. Roll over countries to
Read MoreLargest interprovincial migration flows, Canada (2014/2015)
Largest interprovincial migration flows, by province or territory of origin and destination. Description for chart
Read MoreThe Netherlands without dikes and polders
The Netherlands has more than three thousand nationwide. About half of the country’s territory was reclaimed from the sea (18,000
Read MoreA World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion
Future global development threatIndividual sector development threat maps used to calculate the cumulative future development threat (bottom) identified by binning
Read MoreAnimated noise complaint maps
Real-estate portal Trulia has used CartoDB’s to show monthly heat-maps of registered noise complaints in New York, Seattle & San
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