Maarten Lambrechts' study into how to a greater extent than or less European Union countries are gerrymandering their regional boundaries inwards guild to qualify for European Union funding is explained amongst the role of an interactive map. The map is used to explicate how the European Union calculates regional help based on economical development, which European Union countries are currently to a greater extent than as well as less economically developed as well as how to a greater extent than or less countries are redrawing their regional boundaries inwards guild to ensure that they qualify for European Union funding.
As yous scroll through the article the even out map updates to illustrate these points. I especially similar how the map too updates when yous hover over highlighted words inwards the text. Some words inwards the map sidebar are highlighted inwards color. These colors stand upwards for the colors used on the choropleth map. If yous mouse-over these words inwards the sidebar thus the countries matching the selected information gain are highlighted on the the map. Later inwards the even out solid soil names are highlighted inwards white inwards the text as well as when hovered over these named countries are too highlighted on the map.
The map itself is completely custom made using SVG. This allows the information on the map to endure animated to farther illustrate how to a greater extent than or less regions are beingness redrawn to ensure areas qualify for economical back upwards from the EU. At i signal the regions on the map animate into a nautical chart showing the economical evolution of all the regions inwards each solid soil (if yous scroll dorsum upwards the page yous tin sentry these points on the nautical chart animate dorsum to degree a map of Europe).
In Europe upper-case alphabetic lineament cities are oftentimes to a greater extent than economically developed than the surrounding region. Why European Union Regions are Redrawing Their Borders shows how to a greater extent than or less countries bring redrawn their regional borders thus that the upper-case alphabetic lineament is placed inwards i portion as well as the surrounding portion thus becomes to a greater extent than or less other variety poorer region, which thus qualifies for European Union funding.
