! MAP THIS ! #8 - SHRINKING CITIES

World Map of Shrinking Cities from 1kilo on Vimeo.

Shrinking cities is a project (2002-2008) of the Federal Cultural Foundation, under the direction of Philipp Oswalt (Berlin) in co-operation with the Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the magazine archplus.


Moving Datas from 1kilo on Vimeo.

Thanks to Digital Urban for the link

EARTH WITHOUT PEOPLE²

Welcome to earth : Population 0. Since I Am Legend this topic seems to be quite popular (see our post Earth Without People). The History Channel launched recently its documentary 'Life After People'. For almost 2 hours they explain chronologically, from one day to 10,000 years, what would happen on a planet from which humans have suddenly disappeared. In contrast to Alan Weismans bestseller 'The World Without Us' which describes a more garden eden like planet, the documentary draws a more apocalyptic vision, while referring on similar speculations.
Also read the review on NYT.

URBAN GROWTH

Urban Planet is a collection of features on urbanisation from the BBC News. It includes an interactive map that tracks the growth of the world’s largest cities , ...
as well as comparisons of the environmental effects of urban and rural life. Unfortunately the last update was half a year ago.