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Connectedness

As the above map, from the New Scientist, shows, a remarkable extent of the world is now covered in roads.

In fact, very little of the world’s land can now be thought of as inaccessible, according to a new map of connectedness created by researchers at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, and the World Bank.

Relatedly, I was sent a link to an interesting looking new film, Division Street, by Eric Bendick, which seems to deal with the presence of roads in the landscape and the environmental implications.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm and is filed under Roads. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. thm Says:
    April 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    Reminds me of the Pacific Biodiversity Institute’s US Road Map.

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