"Cartography is never merely about the drawing of maps: it is the making of worlds." — Brian Harley
Coming almost 450 years after the world's first Atlas, this Atlas for
the End of the World audits the status of land use and urbanization in
the most critically endangered bioregions on Earth.
It does so, firstly,
by measuring the quantity of protected area across the world's 36
biodiversity hotspots in comparison to United Nation's 2020 targets; and
secondly, by identifying where future urban growth in these territories
is on a collision course with endangered species.
By bringing urbanization and conservation together in the same study, the essays, maps, data, and artwork in this Atlas lay essential groundwork for the future planning and design of hotspot cities and regions as interdependent ecological and economic systems.
By bringing urbanization and conservation together in the same study, the essays, maps, data, and artwork in this Atlas lay essential groundwork for the future planning and design of hotspot cities and regions as interdependent ecological and economic systems.
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