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hmillward.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus of geography & environmental studies, Saint Mary's University, Canada. Interested in mapping, urban planning, transportation, time use, Nova Scotia #geography #location #maps #transportation #urban
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And it's a log scale too!

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Population Density Map Of Iran See 100+ more: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...

'One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/r...

I love "The hierarchy of disagreement". We collectively need to learn how to argue and disagree in a kinder, more efficient way. The whole article is worth reading. If you are pressed for time just read the pyramid and laugh at the lowest stage. Source: buff.ly/3q5dekQ

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#novascotia #housing www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/n...

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How did your OECD economy perform last decade? Source: buff.ly/GXBidgR

November's Most Popular Creator on the App ✏️ Creator Soltani stood out with fresh insights on the global economy and trade. See the full list of top visualizations on the app last month: www.visualcapitalist.com/the-best-vis...

Toronto added more people (in absolute numbers) than any other metro area in the US and Canada last year. Montreal and Vancouver added more than any outside of Toronto, New York, Houston, and Dallas. Calgary added almost as many people as Miami added, while being a fraction of the size.

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New on Substack, my post on the London County Council's first post-1WW scheme, the Dover House estate in Roehampton open.substack.com/pub/municipa...

Contrast the USA with France.

Halifax: It's the last day to participate in online engagement for the Strategic Plan review. I resubmitted past statements I made at Budget Committee. An organisation cannot profess to value EDIA and evidence-based decision-making while simultaneously failing to address the pandemic.

English patron saint too.

Saint Martin/Sint Maarten - The Smallest Inhabited Island Divided Between Two Countries brilliantmaps.com/saint-mar...

Really cool forest cover map of Mexico 🇲🇽 by @researchremora.

BLOG| What Milton Keynes can teach us about housebuilding 🏘️ Milton Keynes has been building lots of houses in recent years. On a recent visit to the city, @mauricelange.bsky.social explored how it has been doing it 👇 buff.ly/GZMqcPy

A cheerful perspective.

Maximum Extent of French Territory in North America brilliantmaps.com/max-franc...

🚶‍♀️🚲🚌🚗 Transportation choices shape urban experience. "The ABC of Mobility" visualizes how 794 cities prioritize cars, #transit & #ActiveMobility. Behind each data point are communities living vastly different urban realities. Explore ➡️ CitiesMoving.com/visualizations #transport

Milton Keynes is building houses, capturing land value uplift effectively and planning strategically for the future. Have a read of this little blog about what's been going right, and what is needed to help things go even better

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Rainfall distribution across Europe. London got nothing on Bergen.

Share of foreign born residents in OECD countries.

This tiny speck holds everything we love. And most of it is covered by the Ocean. Happy #EarthDay 🌊🩵🌍

Very thorough and very useful.

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The property tax cap is basically a scam in favour of longer-term residents at the expense of new arrivals and the young. But there are ways of gently backing away from this system, which can only ever get worse over time. deny.substack.com/p/nova-scoti...

Canada spends too little.

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I updated this chart, which I made a few years ago. I like the clustering and how the tails help tell a story. This is a particularly useful application of connected scatterplots. Not sure if two juxtaposed line charts would communicate better. #30dayChartChallenge.

The world value survey has soooo many interesting facts in it. This map shows the share of the population that agree with the statement “One of my main goals in life is to make my parents proud.” Super high our East and in Ireland while freakishly low in Finland.

⚡️ The electricity generation in major economies and the world. 🔎 Elements

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There's been plenty of hyperventilating in some UK media outlets about solar farm taking over 'productive farm land' and endangering food security But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5% www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Satellite Map of The United States The Government Doesn't Want You To See Find out why here: brilliantmaps.com/us-maps/

☪️ Muslim empires in 1330 after the Mongols converted to Islam.

The ocean is the heart of our life support system, absorbing over 90% of the excess heat from global warming. This is evident in the rise of ocean heat content over time.

The river basins of Europe and part of Asia.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs less to house people.

#Map puts one dot for each town with over 1000 residents. The #alps show very clearly! buff.ly/oubnBH6

The Largest Generations In Each European Country: Boomer, Gen-X or Millennial brilliantmaps.com/the-large...

🧬 Most common Asian ancestry by U.S. state. 🔎 Amazing Maps

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