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The World of Organic Agriculture – Density-equalizing Map

Paull, John and Hennig, Benjamin (2013) The World of Organic Agriculture – Density-equalizing Map. In: Willer, Helga; Lernoud, Julia and Kilcher, Lukas (Eds.) The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2013. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) & International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Frick & Bonn, p. 129.

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The World Map of Organic Agriculture presents countries as proportional in size to their share of the total of world organic hectares. Such a map can be referred to as an equal-area cartogram or a density-equalising map. Equal-density cartograms are a tool for presenting a fresh view of tabulated geographic data sets.
The World Map of Organic Agriculture accounts for all of the hectares of organically managed agricultural land (certified organic and in-conversion organic) reported by FiBL and IFOAM in 'The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics & Emerging Trends 2013'. The map visually reveals relationships between the territories of the world and highlights the regional strengths and weaknesses of the global diffusion of organic agriculture. The World Map of Organic Agriculture is generated by the Worldmapper GIS algorithm developed at the University of Sheffield as a cartographic visualisation tool.


EPrint Type:Book chapter
Keywords:map, certified organic agriculture, global, world, cartogram
Subjects:"Organics" in general
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Australia
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > European Union
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Latin America
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > United Kingdom
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > United States
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > World
Knowledge management
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Europe
Research affiliation:Australia > University of Tasmania
UK
Related Links:http://orgprints.org/19535/1/Paull%26Hennig2011EJSS.pdf, http://orgprints.org/19517/1/Paull2011DecadeJSDS.pdf, http://orgprints.org/18860/1/Paull2011OlympiadJSDS.pdf
Deposited By: Paull, Dr John
ID Code:22490
Deposited On:11 Apr 2013 06:51
Last Modified:11 Apr 2013 06:51
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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