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Segregation Lab: Three American Metros

Segregation Lab: Three American Metros Interactive geography investigation Segregation Lab How can a city become more divided than most households asked for? Then, when history, wealth, law, and geography enter the model, who truly has the power to choose? Step 1 Preference Step 2 Power Step 3 Three Metros Step 4 Policy Test Step 5 Build the Claim 1 The innocent-looking experiment Two household groups begin in a mostly mixed city. A household moves when too few nearby households belong to its own group. Set the threshold, then let many small decisions accumulate. Purple households Teal households Vacant home How many nearby households should be similar? Similarity threshold 30% Remix city ...
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Draw the Line: The Geography of Representation

Draw the Line: The Geography of Representation Draw the Line — Blogger HTML Click once to copy the clean lab code. The blue helper box and this button will not be included. Copy all Blogger HTML Interactive geography lab Draw the Line The voters stay where they are. The population stays equal. Only the boundaries move, and political power moves with them. Step 1 Draw Step 2 Judge Step 3 Law Step 4 Cases Step 5 Decide 1 One state, many possible maps Mapporia has 640,000 people in 64 equal-population blocks. It needs four districts of exactly 160,000 people. Begin with a preset, then swap blocks to change the boundaries without changing district population. This is a teaching simulation, not a real electoral map. ...
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