Our Connected World
The world isn’t that big of a place anymore. In economic development circles, you often hear about competing in the world marketplace, and the pressures that communities and regions face to develop capacities to think and act globally. New Scientist published a set of maps and charts in 2009 that demonstrate just how connected we really are. To begin, here’s a heat map showing the travel times (by land transportation) to major population centers, and the darker the color, the more remote the area. The remainder of the charts show road, rail, water, and travel time information, presented in graphical form.
