GIS for Architecture   Tags: architecture, digital mapping, gis  

This project explores each nations biocapacity vs its ecological footprint.  The results are displayed on the world map, visually identifying which nations have been 'creditors' or 'debtors' each year from 1961 - 2007.

"According to these calculations, on a worldwide basis we're spending more than nature can renew. in other words, we'er overshooting nature's capacity to regenerate the resources we consume."

A facinating and disturbing map.

1961:                                             

2007:

To learn more about how our world is changing over time, check out the NASA Earth Observatory's World of Change series.