![map of population density of us 2015 map of population density of us 2015](https://vividmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/vintage-world-map-poster.jpg)
Above is the northeastern seaboard of the USA, with urban settlements stretching from Washington to Boston, famously discussed by Gottman in the 1960s as a meglopolis.Įurope’s version of a megaregion is looser, but you can clearly see the corridor of higher population density stretching through the industrial heartland of the low countries and Rhine-Ruhr towards Switzerland and northern Italy, sometimes called the ‘blue banana’. The GHSL is great for exploring megaregions. A few highlights are included here and I will post in more detail later when I have explored the dataset more fully.
![map of population density of us 2015 map of population density of us 2015](https://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/images/stateimages/research_zips_small.jpg)
There are clearly many applications of this data in understanding urban geographies at different scales, urban development, sustainability and change over time. The World Population Density map is exploratory, as the dataset is very rich and new, and I am also testing out new methods for navigating statistics at both national and city scales on this site. As usual, my first thought was to make an interactive map, now online at. This is the first time that detailed and comprehensive population density and built-up area for the world has been available as open data.
![map of population density of us 2015 map of population density of us 2015](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gL59uIJScr8/Ts1J_D6q1KI/AAAAAAAABEs/HovKXX4Jn5E/s1600/US+Population+Density.png)
A brilliant new dataset produced by the European Commission JRC and CIESIN Columbia University was recently released- the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL).