Interview: David McCandless
Development Watch UK sat down with David McCandless, the data journalist behind Information is Beautiful to talk about infographics, design, and why pie charts aren’t so sweet: How did you decide to make the transition from journalist to data journalist? I’m not sure I decided. It was kind of accidental. I’d been a print journalist … Read more
Measuring inequality with Gini coefficients
I made this bubble chart using IBM’s super-useful Many Eyes. The website allows you to make all kinds of infographics with publicly available data or you can upload your own stats instead and just use their tools. This infographic shows the different Gini coefficients of many developed countries. I thought this would make for an … Read more
Interview with Chiqui Esteban – Think visually
Chiqui Esteban… used to work as a journalist in print newspapers, is working as Director of New Narratives of the spanish web media lainformacion.com and as infographics consultant for Innovation Media Consulting, is now running the infographic News blog(http://infographicsnews.blogspot.com). How did you get into doing infographics? That’s what I always wanted to be, but I didn’t know … Read more
Which countries use the most water?
Which countries use the most water? Using Google’s Public Data Explorer and figures from the 2010 OECD Factbook, we took a look at who is using the most water per capita. People in the United States use the most water, at 1,690m of water abstraction (fresh water taken from ground or surface water sources) per … Read more
A global look at electricity use
Using the awesome new Google Public Data Explorer we told you about a few weeks ago, I put together this infographic about electricity consumption around the world. By “exploring” publicly available data from the World Bank, I was able to make a map that shows, per capita, how many kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity various … Read more
Environmental market growth forecast
(Graph Created by using Illustrator) All over the world, environmental market is becoming more and more important factor in country’s economy. According to a figure from the UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development, by 2015, environmental market sector is expected to grow by 45% to at least $800 billion with a current market value … Read more
How green was the 2011 budget speech?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his annual budget to Parliament yesterday. In his speech, Osborne stated his “determination to be the greenest government ever” and talked a fair bit about sustainable initiatives being financed by his budget. Of course there are a number of words that can be used to describe these … Read more
Where will climate change hit the hardest?
This map, created by McGill University PhD candidate Jason Samson, shows the vulnerability of human populations located around the world to climate change. Unfortunately, Samson’s research (which is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada) shows that the regions of the world that have contributed the least to global warming will most … Read more
Climate Change Vulnerability Index 2011
The global risks advisory firm Maplecroft released an infographic about Climate Change Vulnerability Index(CCVI). According to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, Bangladeshi and India turned out to be the most vulnerable to the climate change due to extreme levels of poverty and a high dependency on agriculture, coming in first and second. Other 14 countries … Read more
Who benefits from UK aid?
This infographic from wheredoesmymoneygo.org visualises the Department for International Development’s spending. It clearly breaks down where the £5.6 billion that was spent between 2004 and 2009 went, with the largest share going to help development in Africa, but followed closely by the European Commission. by E. Wolfe
Development Watch UK- Interview: David McCandless April 1, 2011
- Measuring inequality with Gini coefficients April 1, 2011
- Interview with Chiqui Esteban – Think visually March 31, 2011
- Which countries use the most water? March 29, 2011
- A global look at electricity use March 27, 2011
- Environmental market growth forecast March 25, 2011
- How green was the 2011 budget speech? March 24, 2011
- Where will climate change hit the hardest? March 21, 2011
- Climate Change Vulnerability Index 2011 March 20, 2011
- Who benefits from UK aid? March 20, 2011This infographic from wheredoesmymoneygo.org visualises the Department for International Development’s spending. It clearly breaks down where the £5.6 billion that was spent between 2004 and 2009 went, with the largest share going to help development in Africa, but followed closely by the European Commission. by E. Wolfe
