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Welcome to Economy Map
2.0
The following videos provide an
introduction to the Economy Map project, starting with its conceptual
goals and moving into its display format and user interface. The
videos build on one another, so users are encouraged to view them in
the order presented here, but, of course, that's entirely up to
you.
Economy Map 2.0: An Overview
What if we could see
the whole US industrial economy - and its environmental and human
health impacts - all at once? See it. Understand it.
Explore it. Economy Map provides knowledge of how industrial
activities and economic forces affect the health of people and planetŠ
giving us the power to effectively advocate for change. Economy
Map is an interactive visual map of the United States economy and its
environmental and human health impacts. It provides a way to
dynamically explore and understand the sources and flow of goods,
services, and environmental impacts among major industrial
sectors. Economy Map
in 60 Seconds is a short version
of this video.
Economy Map in 60 Seconds
Wouldn't it be great if we
could see the whole US industrial economy - and its
environmental and human health impacts - all at once? See it.
Understand it. Explore it. Economy Map lets us do just
that. Economy Map is an interactive visual map of the United
States economy and its environmental and human health impacts. It
provides a way to dynamically explore and understand the sources and
flow of goods, services, and environmental impacts among major
industrial sectors. This video is a shorter version
of An Overview of Economy
Map.
An Explanation of the Three
Perspectives
Economy Map shows environmental
impacts from three perspectives. Direct impacts are those
generated directly by the activities of a sector. Sectors with
high direct impacts offer opportunities for direct regulation by
government to encourage technology improvement or substitution.
Intermediate impacts include a sector's direct impacts and the
upstream impacts of its purchased goods/services. Sectors with
high intermediate impacts offer opportunities for supply chain
engagement. Final consumption impacts are the portion of total (direct
and upstream) impacts generated in reponse to consumer and government
demand. Sectors with high final consumption impacts offer
opportunities for informed purchasing. In Economy Map, the shape
of a sector communicates its environmental profile.