I finally found the resource I’ve been looking for on the web. SocialExplorer.com allows users to create maps using census data. Above is a map of Philadelphia showing median income by census tract. The source data is from the 2000 census.
Architecture for Humanity on Wired.com
The article I wrote about Architecture for Humanity’s Open Architecture Network was published on Wired.com today. It’s called “Design Within Reach: Architecture for Humanity Builds the Future of Housing.”
The article was written as a part of an experiment in crowdsourced journalism called Assignment Zero. Let me know what you think. Also, check out all the other Assignment Zero articles on Wired.com.
World Urban Population To Double
The Independent reports, “The combined forces of population growth and urbanization are creating a planet of slums, where the urban population will have doubled by 2030, according to a report released by the United Nations.”
“The UN’s findings echo recent predictions that 2008 will see a watershed in human history as the balance of the world’s population tips from rural to urban. Many of the new urbanites will be poor and the shelters into which they move, or are born, will be slums.”
Source: Planet of The Slums: UN Warns Urban Populations Set To Double