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One Planet, Many People

A new atlas announced Saturday by the UN, titled One Planet, Many People, shows the impact of the last 30 years of human development in a dramatic way, by showing before and after satellite photography of various locations. Sample images can be found here. News coverage from the BBC and CNN. Via MetaFilter.

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 11:35 PM
Categories: Books, Environment, Satellite & Aerial

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The whole atlas costs 150$ for a hardcopy, buy you can download it here: http://na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/AtlasDownload.php

David Cathcart | 06/07/2005 at 8:33 AM | #

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