> In the #USA, surface #CarParks take up land roughly about the size of Puerto Rico (which is 3,459 sq miles or 8,959 sq km), according to conservative estimates in a new book by #EranBenJoseph, professor of landscape architecture and planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He thinks the true figure could be up to 4,700 sq miles (12,170 sq km, larger than Jamaica or Qatar).
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17271118
#AsphaltNation #ImperviousSurfaceArea

After a visualization of Cement Production and Area to compare two countries, it will be interesting to do one for Cement Production per-capita, and then Impervious Area as per km squared too. I heard of a book #AsphaltNation but never had a look at it.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/2/20/which-countries-have-the-most-pavement-per-person
#ImperviousSurfaceArea
I wonder if #Japan has gotten any closer to the #USA in the last decades with the increase in Suburban Box Stores, and huge #pachinko parking lots.. Howwould wasteful #MegaSolar fit in?