Let’s look at two visual representations of global trends:

The first is a video from Swedish professor, Hans Rosling, comparing countries’ income growth and life expectancies over the past 200 years.  It’s interesting to watch the changes caused by the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, World War I, and the end of World War II, as well as, to see the state of the world today in 2010.

This next graphic is a projection of urban growth in Africa in fifteen years.  This nicely accompanies the last post, “King Abdullah Economic City,” about urban expansion and the growing demand within the regional planning industry.

From The Economist, The Urbanisation of Africa (12/13/2010)

Let’s look at two visual representations of global trends: