A Look at Miami’s Birth, 118 Years Later
The year 1896 is etched deeply into the minds of most Miamians. (Well, if it wasn’t before, it will be now.) That’s the year Miami incorporated and became a municipality — what, […]
Category Archives: Population
Miami Geo Quiz #13: Populist Propaganda: Killing Castro
How well do you know the spaces and places constituting greater metropolitan Miami? Miami’s Cubans dominate many facets of the local political economy. Amongst the Cuban community in Miami, there’s nearly […]
Into Perspective: Miami World City Distances
How far is Miami from the other major cities of the world? Measuring distances across the planet can be tricky business. Earth, of course, is a three-dimensional object, a not-quite-so-perfect sphere. Geographers […]
Public Health Study: Proximity to Sprawl Affects Walkability
A scientific article just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports that a person’s proximity to Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary and central business district impacts walkability, and, by extension, has […]
中 国 制 造 (Made in China)
We’ve seen los latinos en Miami-Dade and, after tapping into a slightly different US Census Bureau data, I added the population of brasileiros to the list. There are, of course, many […]
Urban Population Stargazing
Today we’re looking at the network of urbanized areas in the United States, including Miami, and how they compare to one another in terms of population. The following maps illustrate the […]
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