“Green” economics is a major trend these days. There are environmentally friendly cars, houses, light bulbs, and laundry detergent–all components of a larger green lifestyles. But as with all trends, living green is more popular in certain places than in others. Today’s map is drawn from a study that attempts to chart areas with large numbers of people who live environmentally conscious lifestyles.
The map above is taken from “Green Market Geography: The Spatial Clustering of Hybrid Vehicle and LEED Registered Buildings” by Matthew E. Khan and Ryan K. Vaughn, both economists at UCLA. This map–a distribution of Prius registrations in Los Angeles County, California–is just one of several maps they include in their paper to show the distribution of the green lifestyle across the state. Here, the darker the green, the more Prius registrations there are in that zip code. Click here or on the picture above to…
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