[RD] Daily Graphs and Charts

[madviking]

http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html

 

[wolfigor]

Map of legal systems (Common law, Civil law, Religious law, etc) across the world
(spoil for size)

Spoiler :

Civil-law systems are more widespread than common-law systems: the CIA World Factbook puts the numbers at 150 and 80 countries respectively. Common-law systems are found only in countries that are former English colonies or have been influenced by the Anglo-Saxon tradition, such as Australia, India, Canada and the United States.

 

[Masada]

Bangladesh uses the Common Law. Sri Lanka uses common law in criminal proceedings and civil law in civil proceedings. Laws relating to marriage, divorce and, I think, inheritance are determined by the ethno-religious background of the parties involved. So Sinhalese use Sinhalese rules; Muslims use Shariah; Tamils use Tamil law; and, I think, Christians can use something else. But I'm not sure how that would make it an example of customary law anymore than Indonesia, Malaysia or Burma which all make allowances for different ethno-religious groups in those spheres. Minangkabau in Indonesia for example are allowed to reckon inheritance matrilineally because that's what they do. I also think Mongolia uses the Soviet legal system.

 

[Traitorfish]

quebec + scotland = bros 4 life

 

[Masada]

It's telling you don't want to fistbump Louisiana

 

[Lord Chambers]

http://cr4re.com/images/PopDist.gif

This is just the U.S., right?

 

[Cutlass]

Yes .

 

[Murky]

 

[Tee Kay]

I'm surprised Bangkok and Jakarta aren't higher on the list. Also surprised Singapore, Tokyo and Amsterdam aren't there. Dacca is very much conspicuously absent, though being a poor area it presumably doesn't rank that high on flood cost.

 

[Monsterzuma]

those happen to mainly be cities of the two (three?) worst polluters. Poetic justice.

I'm surprised the entirety of Europe, including Netherlands, is spared. Not even runners up. Then again, this is about cities and the Netherlands' urban space is very divided.

 

[KMRblue1027]

those happen to mainly be cities of the two (three?) worst polluters. Poetic justice.

I'm surprised the entirety of Europe, including Netherlands, is spared. Not even runners up. Then again, this is about cities and the Netherlands' urban space is very divided.

Europe is also remarkably well shielded from major storm related disasters

 

[dutchfire]

European climate doesn't have hurricanes or typhoons. The kind of weather that hits the Netherlands is relatively easy to protect against. Germany still managed to have two 'floods of the century' in the 21st century already.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

If you mean a "Hundred Year Flood," that is technically defied as a flood that has a 1% change of happening in any given year, not a flood like would be expected to occur only once in a century.

 

[Murky]

 

[strijder20]

Europe is also remarkably well shielded from major storm related disasters

We have a device in CERN which sends them all to the USA

 

[Lord Chambers]

We have a device in CERN which sends them all to the USA

Haha.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...e-united-states-would-look-if-life-were-fair/

 

[Arwon]

That's fantastic.

 

[caketastydelish]

That's an interesting Australian result.

Why? Australia is much closer to China than it is to America. Or just because the majority of Australians are white, they must vote for America like a mindless robot?

 

[Azale]

Chinati is a pretty awful name. Cool map besides that

 

[Arwon]

Why? Australia is much closer to China than it is to America. Or just because the majority of Australians are white, they must vote for America like a mindless robot?

I mean us being such outliers globally.