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Derives a ‘walkability’ score for your address based on proximity of shops, services and amenities. Obviously not perfect - it doesn’t adjust for accessibility or ‘quality’, but still - a great idea, well executed.
links for 2007-07-26
26-Jul-07
links for 2007-07-21
21-Jul-07
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A new, free academic journal hosted by Sheffield University, this issue focusing on social housing and regeneration.
links for 2007-07-16
16-Jul-07
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How with The Stupidest Chart Ever, the Wall Street Journal managed to decisively torpedo its own case for the Laffer curve.
links for 2007-07-14
14-Jul-07
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From class to crass: sadly, this is spot-on
links for 2007-07-13
13-Jul-07
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How debt and diminishing returns from the Green Revolution have fuelled the farmer suicide epidemic in India.
links for 2007-07-11
11-Jul-07
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You asked for it, you got it
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David Wheeler on how to unleash the entrepreneurial spirits of World Bank staff.
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How sound affects the way we experience visual sensation
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How children’s game reflect long-dead cultural practices centering around harvest festivals and the like. From the 1911 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
links for 2007-07-10
10-Jul-07
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Gyula, we hardly knew ya
links for 2007-07-09
09-Jul-07
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Trends in lead poisoning explain most of trends in crime.
links for 2007-07-06
06-Jul-07
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Ha-Joon Chang reminds us once more that virtually all of today’s rich countries were significantly (but usually selectively) protectionist in the past.
links for 2007-07-02
02-Jul-07
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An open-minded look at the debates over development in Africa
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“risk aversion is associated with anti-trade attitudes … [and] this effect is smaller in countries with greater levels of government expenditure … government spending can bolster support for globalization by reducing the risk associated with it …”