The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way we Live

Daniel Dorling and Mark Newman and Anna Barford

ISBN 10: 0500514259 / ISBN 13: 9780500514252

Published by Thames and Hudson, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way we Live
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500514259
• ISBN 13: 9780500514252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

366 full-color cartographic maps 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 full-color maps

About the Authors

Daniel Dorling is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, England.

Mark Newman is Paul Dirac Collegiate Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan.

Anna Barford is a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield.