Maps are not just informative, they are empowering

This map shows how economic power moved from east to west over the course of centuries — and then snapped rapidly back east over the past few decades

Robert Muggah’s book, Terra Incognita, received a positive review in The Lancet.

This is the startling observation made by authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah in the introduction to their fascinating new book, Terra Incognita

Maps are not just informative, they are empowering. They can help provide a new perspective to age-old problems

The digital economy has finally arrived.

We can give people a better sense of what’s happening around them at a time of extreme confusion and a motivation to act. Because ultimately, the future is what we make it, says ‘Terra Incognita’ co-author Dr Robert Muggah.

As we show in our new book Terra Incognita, COVID-19 is exacerbating multiple forms of inequality within and between countries and cities, and raising fundamental questions about the future of urban living.