With my colleagues Hannah Ritchie and Veronika Samborska, we have made a substantial update to our topic page on urbanization. The new page brings together dozens of new charts on where and how people live. It draws on data from the European Commission and the UN, which categorizes cities, towns, and rural areas in a consistent way using satellite imagery…
Source: Our World in Data – A project of Global Change Data Lab
Our World In Data
- When do people experience mental health conditions for the first time?
- A 73% average decline in wildlife populations: an overview of the 2026 Living Planet Index report
- What impact will climate change have on malaria?
- How high is current immigration to the United States in historical perspective?
- Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming?
Climate Change
- What impact will climate change have on malaria?
- Hannah Ritchie’s second book, “Clearing the Air”, is out in paperback in the United Kingdom
- Air conditioning is almost universal in the US and Japan — but not elsewhere
