The most excellent Tumblr of the Sunlight Foundation
How much bigger can container ships get?
The computer, tablet, or smart phone you’re reading this post on comes from a factory in Asia on a cargo ship. In fact, most things you buy come on such ships - and because of rising demand in Europe and the US, cargo ships get bigger and bigger.
Moving from farms to cities does not always bring economic growth, shows the latest World Development Report 2013. Also featured by The Economist.
Data Source: World Development Indicators - GDP Per Capita, Urban Population.
Greening Asia: Emerging Principles for Sustainable Architecture
In the past decade Asia’s building sector has slowly come around to the idea of the Green building. The movement has picked up pace since 2005 with the introduction of, at last count, 13 national Green building assessment tools. Despite a steep rise in the number of certified buildings, the approach to Greening is fragmented and cautious at best. The Asian Green building does not do enough to mitigate impact nor do the conventions of Greening address the diverse needs of the region and its people.
Stepping up our India chart game.
via lovecraft: explore-blog:
A linguistic map of Southeast Asia circa 1992.
Make Change Data Visualization
7 world data stories are shown that relate to the 12 case studies of the exhibition. Co2 emissions, energy use, flood affected population etc. Data sets were used to present each country in relationship to the world, and then a focus on the Asia Pacific region with detailed examination of the country of origin for the exhibit pieces and flashes of project imagery.
