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| About.com |  |
| US focused geography web directory listing links to other sites. Extensive and therefore can take time to navigate through. Quality of information depends on quality of destination site. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://geography.about.com/education/scilife/geography/
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| Alaska Volcano Observatory | |
| Details on activity & location of Alaska's volcanoes, from the US Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.avo.alaska.edu
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| BBC News | |
| BBC On-line News Service. Frequent up-dates. Much of value when Geography makes the news. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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| BBC News Archive | |
| BBC On-line News Service searchable archive. | Key Stage 3, 4 &5 |
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/ksenglish/query.htm
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| BBC Weather Centre | |
| Weather forecasts, data for selected UK cities, waether quiz, factfiles on weather basics, forecasting and extreme weather (including hazards) and diy weather (a chance to play games or create your own weather map - these need Shockwave plugin). | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/
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| Birmingham Urban Case Study | |
| Links from The Internet Geographer for a case study of Birmingham. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.internetgeographer.co.uk/pages/birmingham.html
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| Bombay (Mumbai) Urban Case Study | |
| Links from The Internet Geographer for a case study of Bombay (Mumbai), India. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.internetgeographer.co.uk/pages/bombay.html
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| British Antarctic Survey | |
| Images, research details, weather and related items on Antarctica. Website maintained by The British Antarctic Survey, responsible for almost all of the British Government's scientific research in the Antarctic region. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk
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| CIA World Factbook | |
| Online atlas including maps and data on countries throughout the world. The World Factbook is prepared by the US Central Intelligence Agency. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
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| Climate Change - In Depth | |
| BBC News Science report with sections on
Evidence (what proof do we have?);
Impact (how weather is already changing around the world); Greenhouse Effect (how the earth is kept warm); Quiz; Forecast for Europe (how the continent could evolve); Glossary (quick guide of the main issues); Politics (which countries are polluting the planet the most); Talking Point(Can the Kyoto Treaty be saved?).
| Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/climate_change/default.stm
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| Discovery Channel Online | |
| Updates on natural hazards globally. From The Discovery Channel. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html
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| Earthquake Information from USGS | |
| Brief seismic activity updates; earthquake locations; more detailed issues on earthquakes. U.S. Geological Survey. Recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov
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| Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment | |
| The Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment has been written by the Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Progamme, and is supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Encyclopedia is an excellent source of information on a range of atmospheric issues, including weather and climate, air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html
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| Environment Glossary | |
| United Nations Statistics Division glossary of environmental key words and terms. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environmentgl/default.asp
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| Exxon Valdez Oil Spill | |
| Hyperlinks and summaries of websites related to Exxon Valdez oil spill. Web listing from The Internet Geographer. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.internetgeographer.co.uk/pages/exxvald.html
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| Floods in Bangladesh 1998 | |
| A flood fact album from the government of Bangladesh. Includes map of flooded area, photos, damage and relief activities. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.bangladeshonline.com/gob/flood98/
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| Gateway to Antarctica | |
| ICAIR - International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. This was an excellent site. Its previous URL is no longer available. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/
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| Glasgow Urban Case Study | |
| Links from The Internet Geographer for a case study of Glasgow. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.internetgeographer.co.uk/pages/glasgow.html
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| Guardian Unlimited Report: Mozambique Floods | |
| Excellent information on flood in March 2000 in Mozambique. Interactive maps, photo story and news articles. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Mozambique/
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| How many people can the earth support? | |
| A chapter from on-line resources from PopInfo.org which seeks to provide information about a sustainable future. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.popinfo.org/issues/carry01.htm
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| Human Development Report 2004 | |
| Report on levels of development worldwide from United Nations. Statistics upto 2002. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
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| Hurricane & Tropical Storm Track | |
| Hurricane & Storm Tracking for the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans using US warning data. Current storms, archive & links to many other detailed hurricane sites. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
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| Hurricane Katrina - in-depth | |
| In-depth reports from BBC on Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans, USA, in August 2005 | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm
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| Hurricane Mitch - BBC Special Report | |
| Details on Hurricane Mitch from a special report in the BBC In-Depth archive. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/
1998/11/98/hurricane_mitch/newsid_210000/210851.stm
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| Index of Deprivation 2000 Dataset - District level dataset | |
| MS Excel spreadsheet of the dataset from Index of Deprivation in England (UK Government data) at district (local authority) level (106kb) covering multiple deprivation in all urban and rural areas. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/downloadable/odpm_urbpol_608103.xls
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| Indices of Deprivation 2000 | |
| The Indices of Deprivation 2000 are measures of deprivation for every ward and local authority area in England. Links to a summary report and datasets on all urban and rural areas. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/page/odpm_urbpol_608140.hcsp
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| Indices of Deprivation 2000 Dataset - Ward Level | |
| The complete dataset from Index of Deprivation in England (UK Government data) at ward (local) level in MS Excel file (note file size: 12,838Mb). All urban and rural areas covered for multiple deprivation. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/downloadable/odpm_urbpol_608100.xls
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| Indices of Deprivation 2000: UK | |
| Access to data from Department of Environment, Transport & Regions (detr). Details of how urban deprivation has been measured. Statistics are also available for download - at district or ward level. Complex data, mainly useful at A2 level. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/rs/03100/index.htm
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| InfoPlease.com | |
| On-line encyclopedia, almanacs & dictionary. Links in World category, U.S. (Geography), Science & Technology
(Weather) and Science/Technology (Energy/Environment) are more informative. U.S.A. based sites. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.infoplease.com/
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| Mozambique floods 2000: Full coverage | |
| In early 2000 a cyclone swept across southern Africa leading to three weeks of severe floods which devastated Mozambique. BBC News Online charted the course of the disaster and its aftermath. Thursday, 4 May, 2000, 11:57 GMT
| Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_655000/655510.stm
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| Mozambique: How disaster unfolded | |
| BBC News overview of climatic events leading up to flooding. Excellent account with animated map of cyclone Eline path, and flooded area. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_655000/655227.stm
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| Office for National Statistics | |
| UK Government statistics online. Many from publications such as Social Trends & Regional Trends. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.ons.gov.uk/
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| People & Planet | |
| peopleandplanet.net provides information on the issues of population, poverty, health, consumption and the environment. It is published by Planet 21, an independent non-profit company and a registered British charity recognised by the United Nations. Excellent series of articles on global environmental issues from an environmentalists viewpoint | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/
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| Population Projection for Japan:2001-2050 | |
| Future population projections for Japan from the Japanese government | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.ipss.go.jp/English/ppfj02/top.html
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| Regenerating London Docklands | |
| Regeneration Research Summary (DETR Report No.16, 1998) - main findings and conclusions of the final evaluation of the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC). UK Government report. | Key Stage |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/research/summaries/01698/index.htm
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| Sea Empress Oil Spill | |
| Reports & analysis from School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.swan.ac.uk/biosci/empress/index.htm
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| South Asia earthquake - in depth | |
| BBC In-Depth report on the South Asia earthquake of October 2005 that devastaed parts of northern Pakistan. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2005/south_asia_quake/default.stm
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| Sustainable Development Issues | |
| Educational material from UNESCO. Interdisciplinary units on a variety of themes. For geographers, those on agriculture, tourism, development, population, women and communities are probably the most informative. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www4.gu.edu.au/ext/unesco/theme_c/uncofrm_c.htm
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| The Condition of London Docklands in 1981 | |
| UK Government Report Regeneration Research Summary No. 12,1997. Outlines conditions prior to work of London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) starting redevelopment. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/research/summaries/01297.htm
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| The floods: A regional disaster | |
| Regional perspective on Mozambique floods. Good factual details of extent of flood in southern African; regional map included. 3 March 2000. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_659000/659637.stm
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| The State of World Population 1996 | |
Changing Places: Population, Development and the Urban Future
A detailed commentary on world population, particularly on the future for cities and the growth of urban population. Chapters on conditions in cities and improvements. Statistics on city populations and an excellent chapter on causes of urban population growth. A United Nations report. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/1996/SWP96MN.HTM
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| The World at Six Billion | |
| United Nations Population Division report on the size of the world | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/sixbillion/sixbillion.htm
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| This Dynamic Earth | |
| The story of plate tectonics giving background on the development of the theory and ideas. Clear explanations of the cause of earthquakes and volcanoes, giving some useful details, maps and diagrams. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
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| Three Gorges Dam - BBC News | |
| Latest news from the BBC News on the building of the 3 Gorges Dam in China. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=three%20gorges%20dam
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| Tsunami disaster - In-depth | |
| In-depth reports from BBC on the tsunami disaster of 26th December 2004 that devastated large areas of northern Indonesia and countries with coastline on the Indian Ocean. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm
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| Turkey Earthquake Full Coverage | |
| BBC On-Line News site giving links to BBC reports and related sites on the Turkish earthquake on 17 August 1999. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_422000/422773.stm
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| Unisys Weather | |
| Satellite images, data and hurricane tracking for USA from IT company Unisys. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://weather.unisys.com/
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| Urban Regeneration Research Summaries | |
| Reports from Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (detr) of UK government. Detailed information for A2 level students. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/research/summaries/index.htm
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| VassarStats: Website for Statistical Computation | |
| A useful site to work out your statistical test scores by entering data only. You do need to know what test you want to use though as the guidance is not that clear. There is also a companion online text guide about the background concepts in statistical analysis of data. This site is written by a professor of Psychology, so the examples etc. are not geographical. Still, excellent for quickly working out test results and includes chi square, Student t-test, Spearman Rank Correlation amongst many other statistics. | Key Stage 5 |
http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/VassarStats.htm
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| Venezuelan Floods | |
Full Coverage Report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573623.stm
New town for Venezuela flood victims: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_569000/569740.stm
Floods dash hopes for economic recovery - Thursday 23 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_576000/576334.stm
Flood Deaths Blamed on Past Mistakes - Tuesday 21 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_574000/574959.stm
Disaster, but was it Natural? - Tuesday 21 December 1999. An excellent outline of the problems of urbanisation and deforestation suggesting a possible link to the floods in Venezuela:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573987.stm
Venezuela: The Health Risks - Tuesday 21 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/medical_notes/newsid_573000/573505.stm
Deadly Tides: Mudslides have devastated entire towns - Friday 17 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_568000/568720.stm
Venezuela Pleads for Aid - Tuesday 21 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573196.stm
On-line Users Tell Their Story - Tuesday 21 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_572000/572868.stm
Victims Tell of Flood Nightmare - Monday 20 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_572000/572697.stm
Venezuela Floods Kill 1000 - Monday 20 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_571000/571810.stm
Venezuela's Flood Chaos (pictures) - Sunday 19 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_571000/571928.stm
Mudslides in Venezuela (pictures)- Saturday 18 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_571000/571210.stm
| Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573623.stm
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| Volcano World | |
| Multiple photos, data and updates on volcanic activity. Widely known and recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement. | Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
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| WebShots | |
| Large collection of professional photographs available for free download. Photos organised by categories, but also searchable. Some excellent and stimulating images of places. | Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.webshots.com/
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| World Bank Development Data | |
| On-line database for statistics and figures on development data for 54 indicators for 208 countries and 18 groups, spanning 5 years (1997 to 2001). You can choose several ways of displaying the data: index, percentage change, and graphs, and can export the result in standard formats. Definitions and sources are also available. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
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| World Bank On-line Databases | |
| The World Bank offers multiple databases online, some free of charge and some on an annual subscription basis. Free access to Data Query offers a 5-year, 54-indicators segment of the World Development Indicators (WDI) database.
The data can be accessed from http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/.
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.worldbank.org/data/onlinedatabases/onlinedatabases.html
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| World Climate | |
| Database of the climate in over 85,000 places worldwide. Data collected from several sources and show longer term averages (not weather for a particular year). Searching is by city name. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.worldclimate.com
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| World Health Organisation | |
| Data on socio-economic & health indicators online. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.who.ch/
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| World Population Trends - Highlights (2000 Revision) | |
| Data and reports from United Nations Population Division giving information on latest population trends. Detailed annex tables are at http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2000/annex-tables.pdf | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2000/highlights.pdf
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| World Population Trends - Highlights (2002 Revision) | |
| Data and reports from United Nations Population Division giving information on latest population trends. Detailed annex tables are at http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2002/wpp2002annextables.PDF | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2002/WPP2002-HIGHLIGHTSrev1.PDF
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| World Urbanization Prospects | |
| United nations report on world urbanisation in 2001. Trends in rates in global regions and major city populations. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wup2001/wup2001dh.pdf
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| See how the UK |  |
| Useful simple animated graphic that shows the total population, its division between males and females, and age structure for under 20s and over 65s between 1901 and 2051 | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4045261.stm
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| The tsunami disaster explained | |
| The causes and effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 that devastated areas of northern Indonesia. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/4136289.stm
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| A Century of British Industry | |
| In depth reports from BBC News. Articles on car manufacturing, steel production, shipbuilding and coal mining. Some on-line video links too (requiring Real Player). | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_551000/551541.stm
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| A New Approach to the Third World Debt Crisis | |
| Article by Kevin Danaher on Global Exchange website in which he argues for a new approach to solving the Third World debt problem. He does not agree with cancelling the debts, nor with the economic part played by major banks, IMF or World Bank, in trying to address the debt. He argues for a need for investment in smaller scale projects, in a debt for democracy swap. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/alternatives/debtCrisis.html
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| A Silent War | |
| The devastating impact of debt on the poor - an introductory report from Jubilee 2000 of the New Economics Foundation - a research and think tank aiming to address the economic debt of developing countries. Contains a mixture of fact and opinion on causes and impact of debt in LEDCs. Links to related reports on debt. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.jubileeplus.org/analysis/reports/beginners_guide/silent.htm
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| Animals of the Rainforest | |
| Good images and brief fact files on many animals of the rainforest sorted by anuimal types. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/
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| Animated guide - hurricanes | |
| Animated guide to how hurricanes form, and why they are so destructive (from BBC). | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm
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| Animated guide - typhoons | |
| How typhoons form, and why they are so destructive (from BBC) | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4183344.stm
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| Antarctica New Zealand | |
| Website of The New Zealand Antarctic Institute. Useful information and some educational resources. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/
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| Antarctica Online | |
| Australian Antarctic Programme website providing information on Australian science in the Antarctic. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/
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| Atlapedia Online | |
| Online atlas. Contains colour physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. Publishers Latimer Clarke Corporation Pty Ltd. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
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| Atmosphere, climate and environment | |
| The Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/kids
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| Bangladesh Floods | |
| News reports from BBC News on the floods of 1998 | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/results.pl?scope=news&tab=news&q=flood+bangladesh§ion=english%2FWorld&range=range&fromday=1&frommonth=6&fromyear=1998&today=31&tomonth=12&toyear=1998
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| Best Cities in Asia | |
| Survey of 40 Asian cities for quality of life in 2000. Brief description of indicators used and reasoning behind their use. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/asiacities2000/cities.intro.html
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| Born abroad - an immigration map of the UK | |
| Interactive map of migration into UK showing cities where people born outside of the British Isles live (note that the map and tables of data do not include the largets group of people born outside UK - those from Republic of Ireland) | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/html/overview.stm
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| Britain in Deep Water | |
| BBC Panorama focusing on floods in Yorkshire, December 2000. Includes programme transcript and pages on the flood event, a flood victims comments and a review of building on flood plains. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/panorama/archive/newsid_1228000/1228291.stm
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| Cars: Still Motoring | |
| BBC News Archive: The British car industry has come a long way since the days of Morris and Nuffield, as the BBC | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_551000/551543.stm
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| Change the world with your shopping trolley | |
| Newspaper article on the value of fair trade products - particularly coffee, tea, bananas and cocoa - and economic benefits for producers in LEDCs. Guardian Unlimited Money Saturday June 23, 2001. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://money.guardian.co.uk/ethicalmoney/story/0,1356,572272,00.html
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| Characteristics of air masses | |
| Clear summary of characteristics of air masses. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.tpub.com/content/aerographer/14312/css/14312_89.htm
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| China - Three Gorges Dam | |
| CNN in depth report on the consruction of the Three Gorges Dam, across the Yangtze River, China - for flood control, navigation, water supply and HEP. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/asian.superpower/three.gorges/
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| China begins building worlds largest dam | |
| Report from CNN (November 8, 1997) on the building of the Three Gorges Dam, across the Yangtze in Hubei province, Chinas most ambitious construction project, and one of the most controversial in the world. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9711/08/china.3gorges/index.html
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| Cities Alliance - Cities without Slums | |
| An international organisation with association with the World Bank and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat) that supports projects aimed at improving conditions for the poorest people living in urban areas. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.citiesalliance.org/citiesalliancehomepage.nsf
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| City Population | |
| Statistics and maps about the population of the major agglomerations of the world. For many countries, information about the population of their administrative areas and the principal cities is provided. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.citypopulation.de/
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| Coastal Geomorphology | |
| Topics covered include: morphology & classification, beach system, mud coastlines, tidal flats & marsh, coastline of Puerto Rico, man and the coastal system and fieldwork.
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://rmocfis.uprm.edu/~morelock/cstgeom.htm
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| Cocoa: Life in the balance | |
| A report from the charity FairTrade on where the money goes and the economics of the production of chocolate. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/fc-aut01a.htm#features
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| Concepts and Applications of Inferential Statistics | |
| A useful site giving background to statistics and meauring. There is also a companion online site in statistical analysis of data. The site is written by a professor of Psychology, so the examples etc. are not geographical. Still, very good for general principles and includes chi square, Student t-test, Spearman Rank Correlation amongst many others. | Key Stage 5 |
http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html
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| Current Follies | |
| Brief overview of problems associated with dam building on major rivers. From New Internationalist magazine. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.newint.org/issue273/follies.html
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| Current Follies | |
| Brief overview of problems associated with dam building on major rivers. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.oneworld.org/ni/index4.html
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| Dams and Development | |
| Report on the need for dam schemes and their impact from the World Commission on Dams. Useful factual details about demand for fresh water and its supply in introduction. The factsheet summarises the full report. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.dams.org/report/report_factsheet.htm
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| Department for International Development | |
| The website for DFID, the UK Government department working to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty. Includes press releases and statistics on development iaaues. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
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| Dictionary at Britannica.com | |
| On-line web dictionary that can be searched. Uses Merriam-Webster | Key Stage |
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/dictionary/
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| Discovery Channel Online - Guide to Planet Earth | |
| Discovery Channel | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/planetearth/planetearth.html
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| Docklands Information | |
| Website from Latymer Upper School Geography Department on the London Docklands development.
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.latymer-upper.org/geog/sixth/docklands.htm
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| Docklands News | |
| Publication from Dockmedia including news of developments in London Docklands. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.dockmedia.co.uk/news.php
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| Earthquake strongest in world in 20 years | |
| ITN News report on measuring strength of earthquakes and the earthquake in Turkey of 1999. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.itn.co.uk/World/world19990817/081710w.htm
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| Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) -- Full Text File | |
Full text of The Antarctic Treaty. Links to other related treaties:
Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals 1 June 1972
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 20 May 1980
Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities 2 June 1988
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 4 October 1991 | Key Stage 5 |
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu:9080/entri/texts/acrc/at.txt.html
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| Exploring Ecotourism in the Americas | |
| A directory of on-line references for the study of Ecotourism in America. Provided by planeta.com, a website promoting environmental action and sustainable development. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/tour/reference.html
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| Fact Sheet Aid | |
| A clear introduction to the tyeps of development aid - multilateral, bilateral and non-government charities. Produced by UK cahrity CAFOD, a Catholic relief and development organisation. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.cafod.org.uk/hivaids/aidfs.shtml
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| Four World Cities | |
| This study explores the international service industries at the core of the world city economies of London, Paris, New York, and Tokyo and draws conclusions on their trends and prospects. The focus of the study is London. From UK governement detr. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/research/summaries/00796.htm
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| Friends of the Earth | |
| Homepage of environmental organisation giving information on campaigns and press releases. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.foe.co.uk/
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| From Pangea to Present | |
| A description and explanation of the changing positions of the earth's continents that result from plate tectonics. Pangea was the supercontinent with all continents once joined together. Site from Volcano World. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Pangea/Pangea1.html
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| GIS Kids | |
| A very good introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how they operate. Perhaps a little difficult for the younger age groups. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/maps/gis/slide_1.htm
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| Global Economic Prospects and Developing Countries 2002 | |
| Report from World Bank that reviews the global economic environment and its implications for the developing countries over the next decade. Focuses on the role of trade and development. | Key Stage 5 |
http://worldbank.org/prospects/gep2002/
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| Global migration reaches record high | |
| BBC report of 2 November, 2000 with details from International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Gives overview of recent international migration. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1003000/1003324.stm
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| Global Tectonics | |
| Description and evidence about the theory of plate tectonics from Prof. Stephen A. Nelson of Tulane University . | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol111/pltect.htm
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| Greenpeace | |
| Summaries of campaigns and updates. Some reports online. Home page of Greenpeace, international environmental organisation. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.greenpeace.org/greenpeace.html
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| How earthquakes happen | |
| Animated guide to how earhquakes happen (from BBC) | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4126809.stm
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| How Human Actions Modify the Physical Environment | |
| Short paper from National Geographic on the impact of human action on the environment. Oultines main concepts. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/standards/14/index.html
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| How the Derelict Docks Became Desirable Docks | |
| Information page and many useful links for students. Provided by London Docklands OnLine. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.london-docklands.co.uk/tours/linksindex.htm
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| Hurricane Isabel | |
| News from BBC about hurricane Isabel that affected USA and Mexico in September 2003. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=hurricane+isabel
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| Impact of Urban development Corporations | |
| Report on 3 small development areas in Leeds, Bristol and Central Manchester. UK Government report Regeneration Research Summary No. 18, 1998. | Key Stage |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/research/summaries/01898.htm
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| India Floods 2000 | |
| BBC News report with useful links on cause and effects of floods. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_877000/877815.stm
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| Indices of Deprivation 2000 - Summary | |
| Deprivation for every ward and local authority area in England covering income, employment, health, education, housing and geographical access to services. Summarises details of the indicators, the methodology, the presentation of results and interpretation, and a comparison with 1998. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/page/odpm_urbpol_608104.pdf
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| InfoPlease: Flags | |
| Flags of every country. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0201477.html
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| InfoPlease: World Statistics | |
| Data on many aspects of the world. Some selected lists, others covering all major countries. General World, Population, Social, Economic, Political and Worldwide Conflict statsitics. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004372.html
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| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | |
| IPCC Third Assessment Report - Climate Change 2001 is available from this site with details on the cause and effects of climate change globally. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.ipcc.ch/
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| International Migration 2002 | |
| United Nations data on all countries and global regions for total population, numbers of migrants and refugees nationally and a brief statement of government attitude towards migration levels. A good data set for anaylsis of global or international migration rates. Excel spreadsheet (153kb). | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ittmig2002/WEB_migration_wallchart.xls
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| International Rivers Network - Three Gorges Campaign | |
| Home page for IRN campaign against the development of the Three Gorges Dam and hydroelectric project in China. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.irn.org/programs/threeg/
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| Italy's Volcanoes | |
| Site by Boris Behncke of Instituto di Geologiae Geofisica, Univ. Catania (Italy). Useful particularly on Stromboli & Etna. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/STROMBOLI.html
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| Japanese earthquake of 2003 | |
| BBC News reports following the earthquake off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan on 23 September 2003. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=news&q=Japan+earthquake&range=range&fromday=1&frommonth=9&fromyear=2003&today=31&tomonth=12&toyear=2003&order=sortdate
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| Kids' Pages on Polar Regions | |
| Information on Antarctica aimed at pupils from Scott Polar Research Institute. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/kids/home.htm
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| LDDC History Pages | |
| Background information, history of development and links related to the London Docklands redevelopment. Good quality information but not immediately obvious where you are on the site, or its links. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/
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| Learning About Urban Heat Islands | |
| Clear basic information on urban heat islands from the Heat Island Group. | Key Stage 3 |
http://eande.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/LEARN/
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| London Docklands OnLine | |
| A web site mainly focusing on property in the Docklands. There are web tours of parts of the area at http://www.london-docklands.co.uk/tours/toursindex.htm and a student information page with many useful links at http://www.london-docklands.co.uk/tours/linksindex.htm. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.london-docklands.co.uk/
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| Map Machine Atlas | |
| Online atlas from National Geographic. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/index.html
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| Map of Recent Middle East Earthquakes | |
| Details of recent earthquake activity in the Middle East. From US Geological Survey. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/neis/current/m_east.html
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| Measuring Multiple Deprivation at the Small Area Level: The Indices of Deprivation 2000 | |
| Summary of key findings on the pattern of multiple deprivation throughout England in both urban and rural areas. UK Government report Regeneration Research Summary Number 31, 2000 (pdf file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
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| Mexican exodus | |
| BBC report of 15 February, 2001 giving examples of the reasons for migration from Mexico to USA and its impact on local communities, both positive and negative. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1171000/1171718.stm
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| Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page | |
| Current volcanic activity, remote sensing of volcanoes, hazard mitigation, Decade Volcanoes, links to government agencies and research institutions, and even some volcano humour. Links to sites on many volcanoes and to activity reports.
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
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| Mount Etna | |
| From Italy's Volcanoes site by Boris Behncke of Instituto di Geologiae Geofisica, Univ. Catania (Italy) | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/ETNA.html
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| Mozambique Floods - Latest News from CNN | |
| Results of search on CNN News archive. Covers floods of 2000 and recent updates. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://cnn.looksmart.com/r_search?look=&isp=zci&key=mozambique+and+flood
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| Mozambique: Nature takes its toll | |
| BBC News - Environmental & regional context of the flood event form BBC environment correspodent. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_662000/662337.stm
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| National Geographic Archive | |
| Archive from The National Geographic magazine. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/archives.html
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| National Geographical Society | |
| Selected content from The National Geographic magazine. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html
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| Natural Hazards | |
| From National Geophysical Data Center (US). Natural Hazards Database Online (searchable). | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/hazards.shtml
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| Neighbourhood renewal in Cape Town’s inner city: Is it gentrification? | |
| The process of urban renewal, which has occurred in the inner-city neighbourhoods of Cape Town, is examined in this research to ascertain whether this process can be classified as gentrification. Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, Vol 28, 2000 | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.up.ac.za/academic/acadorgs/saafecs/vol28/kotze.pdf
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| Norfolk Coast AONB, UK | |
| On management of Norfolk coast area of outstanding natural beauty. Management links most useful for details of managing visitor pressure on ecosystem - AONB management & tourist pressure management. Useful for a case study. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.norfolkcoastproject.org.uk/
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| Ocean planet in decline | |
| Burgeoning human numbers and growing consumption per capita are putting intense pressure on ocean coastal areas, over-consuming ocean resources, and undermining the health of the oceans themselves - by Don Hinrichsen on-line at People and Planet. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=429§ion=6
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| Office of Deputy Prime Minister - Housing | |
| UK Government department website on issues relating to housing. Research and Statistics sections most useful. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/
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| Oil Spills | |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Especially for Kids - Hazardous Materials Response & Assessment: Oil Spills. NOAA site US site. Good quality info on oil spills and action. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.html
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| Operations Evaluation Department | |
| Independent reports evaluating the progress of World Bank development projects. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.worldbank.org/oed/
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| Ordnance Survey Get-A-Map | |
| A free service from Ordnance Survey allowing you to print maps or copy them for use on your personal or business web site. You can search for maps of all parts of the UK at various scales simply by entering your place name, post code or National Grid reference. Good for mini extracts to show local details at 1:50000 scale.
| Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk/about_us/site.cfm?display=/getamap/getamap_index.htm
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| Photo glossary of volcano terms | |
| Dictionary of volcanic terms including sections on type of volcanoes or vent, eruption types, and eruptive products. Photos of many terms. From United States Geological Survey. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/
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| Pinatubo Volcano: The Sleeping Giant Awakes | |
| Very good collection of reports and images on the eruption of 1991, its impact and local opinions of the | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://parallel.park.org:8888/Philippines/pinatubo/
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| Population ageing in developing societies: How urgent are the issues? | |
| Review of the population trends in LEDCs - particularly looking at the ageing population and its implications. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/PE0403a_en.htm
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| Population Reference Bureau | |
| U.S. organisation that provides information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. Has useful reports and data. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.prb.org/
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| Rainforest Action Network | |
| Homepage of environmental action charity. Campaigns, information & kids corner. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.ran.org/ran/
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| Rainforests | |
| Information and images of rainforest ecosytem, including some activities and print outs to colour. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/
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| ReliefWeb - Natural Disasters | |
| Links to news agency reports on latest natural disasters globally. Latest reports (mostly brief press releases) on natural hazards events. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://wwww.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND
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| Renewing the world | |
| During the past 100 years, ocean fisheries have been stretched to the limits, and the era of limitless bounty is now over. This century must be one of care and renewal as Carl Safina explains in an on-line article from People and Planet. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=401
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| Replacement Migration: Is it A Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? | |
| Report from United Nations Population Division. The report is listed in sections towards the lower part of the page, and is in sections. There is not a link to download the complete report.
Link to press release giving brief overview. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm
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| Riceweb | |
| Everything you want to know about one of the world | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.riceweb.org/
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| Santa Monica Sustainable City Program | |
| Includes information detailing the elements of a sustainable city development policy, indicators of sustainability and further details on a number of policy areas. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.ci.santa-monica.ca.us/environment/policy/
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| Self Help development International | |
| Self Help is the Irish-based development agency, involved in the implementation of long-term development projects in Africa; operating in Ethiopia, Malawi, Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda. Useful details of projects in the Projects section and Library section. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.selfhelpintl.ie/selfhelp/Main/Home.htm
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| South African Weather Bureau - Cyclone Eline | |
| Details of path of cyclone which caused Mozambique floods in Feb/March 2000. Map of cyclone path, description of development of storm & rainfall statistics comparisons for selected affected places. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.sawb.gov.za/Eline.htm
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| Stromboli On-Line | |
| Volcano site by Dr Jürg Alean and Dr Roberto Carniel | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/
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| Structural Adjustment - a Major Cause of Poverty | |
| Anup Shah (2003). An article from Global Issues on the causes of poverty that is critical of the actions of the IMF and World Bank and considers these international organisations to be adding to the dependency of LEDCs on MEDCs. A good article summarising one point of view. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/SAP.asp
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| Sustainable City | |
| Sustainable City is dedicated to achieving a sustainable future for San Francisco. The webiste features information relating to the Sustainability Plan for the City of San Francisco. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.sustainable-city.org/
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| Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future | |
| A multimedia professional development programme prepared by UNESCO for teachers, teacher educators and student teachers. It contains 25 modules, some relevant to teachers, others suitable for older students. Not all are geographical, but there are some excellent interactive resources and details. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www4.gu.edu.au/ext/unesco/
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| Team probes Atlanta heat island | |
| CNN news report on NASA funded research into the urban heat island of Atlanta, Georgia. March 24, 1999. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/25/heat.island.enn/
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| The Ageing Population - in-depth | |
| In depth reports from BBC on the ageing piopulation of Britain and its impacts. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2004/ageing/default.stm
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| The Basic Science of Global Warming | |
| From National Environment Trust, basic explanation of the casues of global warming and the greenhouse effect. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.net.org/warming/science.vtml
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| The Essential Guide to Rocks | |
| Animations on geological history of Britain, home experiments and an interactive geological timeline linked with TV programme outlines which also give detailed information.
An overview of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/primer.shtml. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml
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| The Ghostwheel Information Project | |
| A searchable on-line web dictionary with each definition giving links for the words in it. Uses Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). General English dictionary, not Geography specific. | Key Stage |
http://projects.ghostwheel.com/
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| The HIPC Initiative: Delivering Debt Relief to Poor Countries | |
| Axel van Trotsenburg and Alan MacArthur (1999). A summary of the World Bank and IMF Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. It was endorsed by some 180 governments represented at the Bank and the IMF as a sound and effective instrument to provide poor countries a way out of the debt trap. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.worldbank.org/hipc/related-papers/hipc-initiative-feb99.pdf
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| The Index of Multiple Deprivation: The Methodology | |
| Report on the method of measuring multiple deprivation throughout England for UK Government report. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/research/id2000/wpapers/pdf/methpap.pdf
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| The Third World Debt Crisis | |
| A clear introduction to the issues related to international debt affecting LEDCs. From New Internationalsit magazine. Has some quick check questions to help check your understanding. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www2.gol.com/users/bobkeim/money/debt.html
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| The Urban Heat Island Effect | |
| From Weather on the Web. Data and brief exercises on examples of heat island effects. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~nese/ch14web.htm
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| The Yangtze Dam: Feat or Folly? | |
| By Steven Mufson, Washington Post Foreign Service, November 9, 1997. Report on the plans and construction of the hydroelectric power priject on the Yangtze Rive at Three Gorges, China. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/yangtze/yangtze.htm
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| Top 200 - The Rise of Corporate Global Power | |
| By Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh of the
Institute for Policy Studies (2000). A report on the economic and political power of the world’s top 200 corporations. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.ips-dc.org/downloads/Top_200.pdf
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| Trade - a way out of poverty? | |
| Good introduction to world trade balances and the impacts on more economically developed and less economically developed countries. Als has clear diagrams showing who gets what from the sale of bananas, coffee and chocolate. From World Vision (a Christian humanitarian organization). Adobe Acrobat Reader required to read file. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.worldvision.com.au/downloads/trade.pdf
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| UNEP | |
| Vast array of economic, soial, population and environmental data in data sets from United Nations Environment Programme, a leading global environment agency. Comprehensive coverage, but familiarity with selecting dataset from databases helps with tracking data. | Key Stage 5 |
http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/
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| Urban Heat Island/Urban Warming | |
| Case study of Tokyo with data and projections into future. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/mech-labs/tssaitoh/E-HI1.html
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| Urban Policy Unit of Office of Deputy Prime Minister | |
| UK Government web site for urban issues. Environmental regeneration, Research and Regeneration links are most useful. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/
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| Urban Regeneration | |
| Special BBC News report on regeneration issues in UK. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1026000/1026542.stm
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| Venezuela Conquering Disaster | |
| News from CNN about Venezuelan floods of 1999. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/1999/WORLD/americas/12/21/venezuela.floods.01/index.html
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| What is a sustainable city? | |
| The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) programme for
raising awareness for sustainable urban development. REC aims to assist in solving environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.rec.org/REC/Programs/SustainableCities/What.html
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| What is human development? | |
| Outline of features of human development from United Nations Development Program (UNDP). | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://hdr.undp.org/hd/default.cfm
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| Why volcanoes explode | |
| BBC News Science report giving clear basic explanations of why volcanoes erupt. It includes information on why some erupt gently and others violently. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_697000/697264.stm
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| Working with Maps | |
| US site for all ages in 3 levels. Several activities are presented to assist in teaching the concepts of reading maps. With Teacher Guide. From U.S. Geological Survey. | Key Stage 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/Maps.html
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| World Economic and Social Survey | |
| The World Economic and Social Survey is the United Nations' annual analysis of current developments in the world economy. It contains the forecast of short-term global and regional economic trends. It reviews major developments in international trade and it discusses the net transfer of financial resources of developing countries. The Survey includes statistical tables which give data on economic, international trade and finance. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/
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| World Population Futures | |
| Article from the Population Reference Bureau on contrasting world population projections. By Brian O | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/AboutPRB/Population_Bulletin2/World_Population_Futures.htm
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| World Resources Institute | |
| Biological resources, climate change, development paths, data & information, sustainable development. US based environmental charitable organisation. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.wri.org/
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| World Tourism | |
| Facts and figures on global tourism from the World Tourism Organsation. More detailed statsitics database available on registering (use the Statistics link under the Services menu to register). | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.world-tourism.org/frameset/frame_market_data.htm
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| World Tourism Organisation - Latest Annual report | |
| Tourism Highlights report from the World Tourism Organisation. Data at the national and international scale for global tourism pattern in year 2000. Although titles Toursim Highlights 2001, the report is in fact about the data for 2000. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.world-tourism.org/market_research/data/pdf/HighlightsUpdatedEngl..pdf
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| 215 World Cities Quality of Life |  |
| Brief report on 215 major world cities and the quality of life within them. Report from US human resource consultant firm William M. Mercer | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.wmmercer.com/usa/english/resource/resource_news_topic_022601.htm
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| Air masses affecting UK climate | |
| Simple clear map and brief description of air masses that affect UK climate. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.geographyfieldwork.com/AirMasses.htm
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| Alfred Weber - Theory of Industrial Location | |
| Brief notes and graphs to illustrate theory of industrial location developed by Alfred Weber. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/weber.htm
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| Alfred Wegener Institute | |
| Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Sea ice tour is useful and is at http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/Eistour/index-e.html. Gives details of Antarctic ecosystems and conditions. Arctic & Antarctic references. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de
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| Anglia Campus - Coastline 2000 | |
| Information from Coastline 2000 project supported by the Geaographical Association reporting on the state of Britain | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.angliacampus.com/public/sec/geog/coastln/
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| Antarctic Connection | |
| An information and retail site in New Hampshire related solely to Antarctica. Read about South Pole and Antarctic weather, history, converse with others about their travels to Antarctica or purchase books and maps. Information content is limited. | Key Stage 3 |
http://www.antarcticconnection.com
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| Antarctic Photos | |
| Scott Polar Research Institute Picture Library Gallery Index | Key Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/photo/aaindex.htm
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| Antarctic Tourist Impact | |
| Monitoring and management of tourist landing sites in the Maritime Antarctic (Phd thesis abstract) by Dr Kim Crosbie. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/people/kc.htm
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| Bangladesh Daily Star - News Archive | |
| Archive pages for news reports from The Daily Star, Bangladesh. Many pages report on floods of 1998 - mainly between 11 July 1998 and early October 1998. Earlier reports focus on build up and effects of flood, later ones on the need for relief action. There is no search facility so each archive edition needs to be checked in turn. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.dailystarnews.com/archive.htm
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| BBC Weather Centre - Creating the Weather: Urban Heat Islands | |
| Brief outline of the impact of cities on local temperatures. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/notebook/heat_islands.shtml
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| British Tourist Authority | |
| Tourist attractions & images of Britain; searchable database of attractions. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.visitbritain.com/frameset.htm
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| Burning issue for coffee growers | |
| Impact of falling international trade price for coffee. Guardian newspaper special report: globalisation - Charlotte Denny and Alex Bellos; Tuesday May 15, 2001; The Guardian
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,491128,00.html
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| Channel 4 - River Tees | |
| Web site to go with Channel 4 television programme about the River Tees from its source to its mouth. Program background information and outline, with some activities and links to other websites. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.channel4.com/learning/main/netnotes/dsp_series.cfm?programid=1026
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| Cities make their own weather | |
| BBC News Science Report. Useful outline with some figures on factors related to urban heat islands. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/specials/washington_2000/newsid_652000/652679.stm
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| Coastal Environment - Overstrand, Norfolk, UK | |
| On erosion in Overstrand (from Kesgrave School, Suffolk) with many photos. Good for case study. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.kesgrave.suffolk.sch.uk/Curric/geog/os.html
| |
| Congo volcano kills dozens | |
| Dozens of people are thought to have been killed as a river of molten rock poured from a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Goma people were caught out by the fast-flowing lava. BBC News Report Friday, 18 January, 2002. Click here for pictures. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1766000/1766170.stm
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| Create a Weather Map | |
| Activity to create a weather map from BBC Weather Centre. Choose the places and use the area forecasts to make your own map showing real information up to 5 days in advance, or simply create your own imaginary one. Needs Shockwave plugin. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise/diy/games/map.html
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| Cyclone drives heavy rains toward flood | |
| Cyclone drives heavy rains toward flood-ravaged Mozambique, Botswana - 21 Feb 2000. News from CNN on disaster in southern Africa. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/02/21/africa.floods/
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| Dartmouth Flood Observatory | |
| This web site is a research tool for detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing. The flood archives from 1985 onwards give useful summaries of major flood events (the links are some way down the page). | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/geog/floods/
| |
| Debt -- Undermining Development | |
| The views of Anup Shah, an independent author of issues relating to global development issues. A number of articles considering the debt problems of LEDCs and the cause of them. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt.asp
| |
| Delta blues: The Nile | |
| From New Internationalist magazine. Impact of the Aswan dam on Egypt in Africa, particularly the costs of the development. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.newint.org/issue273/delta.htm
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| Delta blues: The Nile | |
| From OneWorld International, non-profit international organisation. Impact of the Aswan dam on Egypt in Africa, particularly the costs of the development. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue273/delta.htm
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| Disappearing Delta | |
| From American Scientist. A report suggesting erosion of the River Nile Delta may also be linked to irrigation channels as sediment traps, not just the impact of the Aswan dam. | Key Stage |
http://www.sigmaxi.org/amsci/issues/Sciobs96/Sciobs96-09Delta.html
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| Docklands Light Railway | |
| Website of the Doclands Light Railway company. Has details of the light railway and docklands history. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.dlr.co.uk/
| |
| Earth, Space and Weather Science | |
| Recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement. Explore Earth, Space and Weather zones - up-to-date info on extreme events. US focussed. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://explorezone.com/
| |
| East Anglia Coastal Erosion | |
| Report on disappearing coastline from North Sea Action Group, referring to impact of off-shore dredging. Photos of Winterton erosion at http://members.aol.com/ruraleye/winterton.htm. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://members.aol.com/wwanglia/gowen4.htm
| |
| Effect of River Damming: A Case Study of the Nile Delta | |
| This paper discusses the effect of river damming and the deficit of sediment budget on the continental shelf off the Nile Delta. MAHMOUD KH. EL-SAYED, Department of Oceanography, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt . This paper is part of a larger (85 page) report; it starts on page 35. It is nearly 1Mb in size. | Key Stage 5 |
http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/IOCpub/iocpdf/w089.pdf
| |
| English Partnerships | |
| English Partnerships is a recently formed UK Government agency, combining CNT (the Commission for the New Towns) and the Urban Regeneration Agency. Attractions of UK & 18 'new towns'. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.cnt.org.uk/
| |
| Environment Agency | |
| Details on atmospheric & water pollution, latest news releases from agency. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
| |
| Environmental Impacts of Tourism in St. Lucia | |
| An Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Tourism in St. Lucia - By Louise Dixey
UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (UK CEED). Useful summary using research from 1996. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.worldbank.org/html/lac/cgced/aeitlu.htm
| |
| Etna Erupts | |
| Pictures from BBC News, (13 February 2000) of the volcano eruption. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_641000/641266.stm
| |
| European Union Information | |
| The European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom; policies and structure of EU. Limited content on regions & EU contact organisations. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.cec.org.uk/#
| |
| Excite Travel | |
| Information on 5000 destinations, many with education and information resources; more directed towards travel & tourism. From search engine Excite. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://city.net
| |
| FIVAS Report: Power Conflicts | |
| Norweigan hosted site (in English) outlining project and environmental concerns. Brief outline of Narmada Valley Development Project and on 2 major dams included (Narmada Sagar and Sardar Sarovar). | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.solidaritetshuset.org/fivas/pub/power_c/k5.htm
| |
| Flood of Protest | |
| Review of reasons and impact of dam construction on major rivers. From New Internationalist magazine. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.newint.org/issue273/keynote.html
| |
| Flood of Protest | |
| Review of reasons and impact of dam construction on major rivers. Fro New Internationalist magazine. | Key Stage |
http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue273/keynote.html
| |
| Flooding and Satellite Anaylsis | |
| A technical paper on assessing flooding using remote sensing data. Also has useful maps and images of 1995 floods on Oder (Poland, 1997), of the Rhine/Meuse (Maastricht, Belgium, 1995) and one of the Zambezi flood (Mozambique, 2001). | Key Stage 5 |
http://natural-hazards.aris.sai.jrc.it/floods/damage/
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| Floods at Nijmegen (The Netherlands) Feb 1995 | |
| Satellite photo of flood of Rhine and Meuse in 1995. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://earth.esa.int/ew/floods/nijmagen_nl_95/
| |
| Food and Agriculture Organisation | |
| FAO is a large agency in the United Nations and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.fao.org/
| |
| Fundamentals of Physical Geography | |
| A book published on the Internet outlining theoretical and philosophy of the development and thinking in physical geography. Created by Michael J. Pidwirny, Ph.D., Department of Geography, Okanagan University College | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/
| |
| Gateway to the Arctic | |
| Web directory from contributing countries. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.grida.no/add/
| |
| Geography Action 2001 - Rivers | |
| National Geographic website for Geography Action week 2001 (Rivers). Topics covered are Using our rivers, changing our rivers and saving our rivers. Information and activities. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/rivers/
| |
| Geography Awareness week 2000 - Conservation | |
| National Geographic Geography Action website for Geography Awraeness Week 2000. Ind=formation and activities on the year | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/gaw/
| |
| GeoNet Game | |
| US geography online multichoice questions/game. Houghton Mifflin Company | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.eduplace.com/geo/indexhi.html
| |
| Globalisation: What on Earth is it about? | |
| BBC e-cyclopedia article on globalisation. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/newsid_711000/711906.stm
| |
| Ground Zero in Urban Decline | |
| Article from Reason magazine on inner-city decline in the Over-the-Rhine district in Cincinnati, Ohio. It gives an overview of some reinvestment and redevelopment projects, and comments on their success. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://reason.com/0111/fe.ss.ground.shtml
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| How Physical Systems Affect Human Systems | |
| Short article from National Geographic on the relationship between people and their environment. Refers to impact of natural hazards and attempts to control them and to ecological carrying capacity. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/standards/15/
| |
| Identification of Urban Heat Islands Using Remotely Sensed Data | |
| Detailed papers on urban heat islands and their effects from Remote Sensing Core Curriculum. Data based on Dallas-Forth Worth. | Key Stage 5 |
http://umbc7.umbc.edu/~tbenja1/gallo/gallo.html
| |
| Images of Ireland | |
| Photos of Irish landscapes by professional photographer John Ironside. Some inspiring images. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://indigo.ie/~ironside/irland.htm
| |
| Impact of Climate Change on Egypt | |
| Impact of sea level rise from global warming on low lying land in the Nile delta. The cities of Alexandria , Rosetta and Port Said , are expected to experience serious environmental impacts. Also effects of climate change on the coastal zone of Egypt.
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://cesimo.ing.ula.ve/GAIA/CASES/EGY/impact.htm
| |
| International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine | |
| Web site of organisation seeking to promote the restoration of the Rhine ecosystem and the control of pollution in the river. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.iksr.org/icpr/
| |
| Limestone | |
| On-line lessons from learn.co.uk from The Guardian on limestone weathering, features and human use of areas. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=7829
| |
| Limestone Pictures | |
| A useful diagram of the landforms in an area of limestone, and 3 good pictures of limestone landforms. From Encarta. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://encarta.msn.com/find/MediaList.asp?pg=6&mod=2&ti=761565838
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| Location of Industry | |
| Outline of industrial location theory developed by Alfred Weber. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.tesag.jcu.edu.au/subjects/ge1300/lectures/lect15.htm
| |
| London City Airport | |
| Useful background information on London City Airport - complements the Airports main site at http://www.londoncityairport.com. Considers the role of the airport in the regeneration of Docklands. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.lcacc.org/
| |
| Making the difference: a new start for England | |
| Government task force report on addressing problems in UK coalfields folowing decline in coal mining and unemployment. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/page/odpm_urbpol_607989.hcsp
| |
| Malthus on Population | |
| Summary of the ideas of Thomas Malthus on limits to poulation growth. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.backgroundbriefing.com/poplmlth.html
| |
| Malthus: More Relevant Than Ever | |
| Essay by W.R. Catton providing thoughts on how the ideas of Malthus could be updated and refuting some criticism of the original work by Malthus. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.npg.org/forum_series/catton_malthus.htm
| |
| Mapping Local Authority Estates using the Index of Local Conditions | |
| UK government DETR Report No 65, 1997. A report that summarises the main findings from research carried out to identify and map "deprived" local authority housing estates in England. Based on data from 1991 census. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/hrs/hrs065.htm
| |
| Miami Science Museum: Hurricanes | |
| Education site. Interactive hurricane tracking, eye witness accounts, famous storms & weather details inside a hurricane. | Key Stage 4 |
http://bird.miamisci.org/hurricane
| |
| Ministry of Agriculture Fish & Food | |
| UK government information, statistics, research contacts & press releases on farming, environment, fisheries & food. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.maff.gov.uk/
| |
| Mozambique cries for help | |
| Mozambique cries for help, overwhelmed by catastrophe - 1 Mar 2000. News from CNN about the floods in Mozambique. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/03/01/africa.floods.01/index.html
| |
| Mozambique News Agency | |
| News reports for the 2001 flood are from links below:Cahora Bassa reduces discharges - 28th March 2001
Less water entering Cahora Bassa lake - 27th March 2001
Flooding in central Mozambique worsens - 26th March 2001
Praise for Zambian restraint - 23rd March 2001
Flooding disrupts schooling - 20th March 2001
Issue no. 203 - 19th March 2001
Floods update - 16th March 2001
Floods update - 15th March 2001
Floods update - 11th March 2001
Floods update - 10th March 2001
Floods update - 9th March 2001
Floods update - 8th March 2001
Floods update - 7th March 2001
Floods update - 6th March 2001
Issue no. 202 - 5th March 2001
Floods update - 2nd March 2001
Floods update - 1st March 2001
Floods update - 28th February 2001
Floods update - 23rd February 2001 | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/
| |
| Narmada Control Authority | |
| For background, use the link 'Narmada Basin' for general information; 'Narmada Basin Development' gives statistical details; links on projects in the scheme give useful details and photos. Other pages give technical and government details. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://nca.nic.in/index.html
| |
| National Population Policies 2001 | |
| United Nations database of population policies. Requires installation. For Windows OS. National Population Policies 2001 contains data on the population policies and policy perceptions of 193 countries around the dates 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2001. The policy topics covered include population growth, mortality, fertility, internal migration and spatial distribution, immigration and emigration. Also included is information on related demographic and socio-economic indicators. (8.6Mb download) | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/npp2001/NPPdownload.htm
| |
| New Scientist | |
| Selected articles & information online, with archive copies from the New Scientist magazine. Occasional earth science, ecological and environmental articles. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.newscientist.com
| |
| NOP Water | |
| Web site of NOP Water project for integrated water management strategies for the Rhine an Meuse basins in a changing environment. Project created following 1993 and 1995 flooding of River Rhine and Meuse. Runs from August 1999 to June 2001, although web site will be available for longer. From International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS), Netherlands. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.icis.unimaas.nl/projects/nopwater/
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| North-South migration | |
| BBC report of 24 August, 2000 on research suggesting most increase in housing demand in south east England is from out of London, not from other regions of the UK. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_894000/894484.stm
| |
| Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) | |
| Summary of characteristics of Nyiragongo volcano. Also some images and photos. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/nyiragongo.html
| |
| Old Maps | |
| An extensive digital historical map archive. Find out where your ancestors used to live or what an area looked like over a hundred years ago. Useful for historical comparisons, (but when we tried it, the site did not always work. Be prepared to use your Back button and try a few times to get your map).
| Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.old-maps.co.uk
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| One World | |
| Multimedia collection of data on sustainable development and human rights in the world from a community of over 120 Websites. Useful links from site. OneWorld Online is the Internet arm of the charity One World Broadcasting Trust. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.oneworld.org/
| |
| Our towns and cities: the future - full report | |
| UK government report setting out plans for future development of cities. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/page/odpm_urbpol_608358-03.hcsp#P187_19579
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| Oxfam | |
| Website of UK-based international development organisation and charity. | Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
| |
| Pinatubo from Volcano World | |
| Volcano World entry gives some specific technical details on the type of volcano and eruptions for Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Also some general information and photos. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/philippines/pinatubo.html
| |
| Pinatubo Links | |
| Directory of sites with information on Pinatubo selected by USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/Pinatubo/framework.html
| |
| Planet Ark | |
| Reuters backed environmental news site. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewshome.cfm
| |
| Population, land management, and environmental change | |
| Papers from The UNU (United Nations University) global environmental Forum IV (edited by Juha I. Uitto and Akiko Ono). It includes 4 chapters on reserach into environmental change in local areas and a chapter on global ecological carrying capacity.
| Key Stage 5 |
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu03pe/uu03pe00.htm
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| Rains wreak havoc | |
| Rains wreak havoc in South Africa - 22 Feb 2000. News from CNN on Mozambique flood. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/02/08/s.africa.floods/
| |
| Rhine-Meuse Factsheets | |
| IRMA is INTERREG Rhine-Meuse Activities - an EU organisation funding projects to reduce flooding on the Rhine and Meuse. The factsheets give details of flood reduction projects. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.irma-programme.org/b_projects/factsheets.htm
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| River System | |
| Clickable diagram of a river system or river basin with key features labelled and brief meanings - source, tributary, meander, mouth. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/ga01.html
| |
| Safeguarding Our Coast | |
| Safeguarding our Coast is an education project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which allows pupils to investigate the role coastal erosion plays in the everyday life of the Holderness coastline. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www1.npm.ac.uk/lois/Education/case.htm
| |
| Shapes of the Land | |
| From Canadian Geographic. Useful brief descriptions of fomration of selected landforms, with diagrams and photos. Sections on how glaciers shape the land, during and after the ice, moraines, eskers; how water shapes the land, streams and rivers, meanders, floodplains and natural levees, and river deltas, oceans, spits, sea cliffs, sea stacks and sea arches. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.cangeo.ca/Landforms/landforms.htm
| |
| Space Radar Images of Earth | |
| NASA images of earth from space, using RADAR. Images categorised by Archaeology, Cities, Ecology & Agriculture, Geology, Interferometry, Oceans, Rivers, Snow, Ice, Glaciers and Volcanoes. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/
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| Spirit trap: The Mekong | |
| From OneWorld International, non-profit international organisation. Impact of development of fishing and dams on the River Mekong and islands of Laos, Asia. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue273/delta.htm#spirit
| |
| Spirit trap: The Mekong | |
| From New Internationalist magazine. Impact of development of fishing and dams on the River Mekong and islands of Laos, Asia. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.newint.org/issue273/delta.htm#spirit
| |
| St.-Henri: Exploring Montreal | |
| Report on the metropolitan Montreal inner city
district of Saint Henri. Includes the historical
significance of this area, how it once prospered in economic success and its decline. Refers to the gentrification of metropolitan Montreal; deindustrialization; economic restructuring; education levels; and data from
the 1991 Canadian Census.
| Key Stage 5 |
http://members.tripod.com/~pbarsa_96/human2.html
| |
| Suburban Sprawl, Urban Decline, And Smart Growth | |
| Notes on presentation by Anthony Downs to Baltimore, Maryland National Association of Homebuilders on the relationships between suburban sprawl, urban decline, and smart growth. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.anthonydowns.com/MDHomebuilders.PDF
| |
| Sustainable Cities - Case Studies | |
| 5 draft case studies of developments towards sustainability from 6 cities in 5 continents. Summarised by Development Education Project, a collaborative project aiming to raise awareness of global issues. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.dep.org.uk/cities/CaseStudies/index.html
| |
| Sustainable Development - the UK Government approach | |
| This website reports on progress by the United Kingdom as a whole towards
sustainable development. Considers a sustainable economy, building sustainable communities, managing the environment & resources, and international co-operation & development.
| Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/
| |
| The Determinants of Migration Flows in England | |
| UK Government Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions:
HOUSING RESEARCH SUMMARY Report No.85, 1998. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/hrs/hrs085.htm
| |
| The Global Volcanism Program | |
| The Global Volcanism Program documents eruptions - small as well as large - during the past 10,000 years. Links to other volcano sites from here too. Rather technical papers and details. Details on latest eruptions. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/gvp/
| |
| The Graying of Latin America | |
| Brief report on population trend in Latin America - focusing on the ageing populaiton following previous rapid population growth and recent decline in birth rate. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/Content/ContentGroups/Articles/03/The_Graying_of_Latin_America.htm
| |
| The International Society of Malthus | |
| The original essay by Thomas Malthus on the principle of population (1798) and papers giving viewpoints on the background thinking and on his relevance today. Other links on human population through history. Pro-Malthusian stance. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.igc.org/desip/malthus/
| |
| The River Ribble | |
| Photos and brief descriptions of the River Ribble, Yorkshire from source to sea from a primary school teacher. With clickable location map of Ribble valley. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gdeanict/ribble/
| |
| The State of English Cities | |
| Report for UK government DETR department from 2000 by Brian Robson, University of Manchester, Michael Parkinson, Liverpool John Moores University, Martin Boddy, University of Bristol, Duncan Maclennan, University of Glasgow | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_urbanpolicy/documents/page/odpm_urbpol_608372.pdf
| |
| Topics in Development | |
| Reports, policies and projects on development issues from the World Bank. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/thematic.htm
| |
| UN Population Division | |
| Home page of United Nations Population Division | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
| |
| UN World Conservation Monitoring | |
| WCMC focuses on conservation and sustainable use of the world resources. Programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. The relationship between trade and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment are also considered. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
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| Understanding the Narmada Controvesy | |
| By Dinkar Shukla (from the Press Information Bureau, Government of India). History of the decision & debate concerning the Narmada River Project. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://pib.nic.in/feature/fe1099/f1510991.html
| |
| Urban Sprawl: Utah’s Bogeyman of the 1990s | |
| Brief review of the problems created by urban sprawl in Utah, USA. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/Publications/ToThePoint/1998/052698.htm
| |
| Urban Treasures or Urban Nightmares? | |
| Article on the role of preservation programs in cities in USA, with reference to New Orleans. | Key Stage 5 |
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-6/19-6-14.pdf
| |
| Virtually Hawaii | |
| Virtually Hawaii is from University of Hawaii, Proxemy Research, Inc., Terra Systems, Inc., Hawai'i and private Company Sponsors. Funded by NASA's Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) program. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/index.html
| |
| Virtually Hawaii: Kilauea Fieldtrip | |
| Photos & selected details with latest news on volcanic activity. | Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/vfts/kilauea/kilauea.vfts.html
| |
| Virtually Hawaii: Virtual Fieldtrips | |
| Photos and selected details of islands of Hawaii. Aimed mainly at traveller, but with geological flavour. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/virtual.field.trips.html
| |
| Volcano devastates Congo city | |
| GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Around 45 people were killed and hundreds of thousands fled Goma, eastern Congo after a volcano erupted and devastated the city. CNN News Report January 18, 2002.
| Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/01/18/drcongo.volcano/index.html
| |
| Welcome to Europa | |
| The Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other bodies of the European Union (EU). Policies and structure of EU. Limited content on member states. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://europa.eu.int/
| |
| What is a sustainable city? | |
| A relative simple introduction to the concept of a sustainable city and how the definitions vary from one conutry to another. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.dep.org.uk/cities/WhatisaSusCity1.htm
| |
| WoodNet | |
| Has some useful project ideas at http://ibs.uel.ac.uk/ibs/envmath/resources/multi/PoundWood/Pack/WoodPlants.htm | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.woodnet.org.uk/SE_BAPS/
| |
| World Land Trust | |
| Details of campaigns for saving rainforests. (editors note - site already listed) | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.worldlandtrust.org
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| World Land Trust | |
| Details of campaigns for saving rainforests. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.worldlandtrust.org/
| |
| World Web Cams | |
| Interactive map with links to a selection of web cams around the world. Interesting images, but perhaps of less value for studying as with all web cams, image quality isn | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://dove.mtx.net.au/~punky/World.html
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| Africa Online |  |
| News, business & safaris in Africa and Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania. Links to safari tour operators. Africa Online is a provider of internet communications services throughout Africa. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.africaonline.com
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| Amazon Interactive | |
| An on-line simulation about making decisions to run an ecotourist development in the Ecuadorian rainforest. | Key Stage 3 |
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
| |
| Art School On-Line | |
| How to draw rainforest animals - tree frog, macaw and toucan. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.drawbooks.com/artschool/rf/
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| Cambridgeshire 1997 Local Election Results | |
| Maps which show a clear geographical pattern to the results of an election (these for Cambridgeshire County Council). | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.camcnty.gov.uk/elec97/cntymap.htm
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| Earth Negotiations Bulletin | |
| Information on international environmental negotiations and agreements. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/
| |
| Earthquake Locator | |
| From the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh, a real-time Geographical Information System. Uses data from U.S. Geological Survey. Maps show the location of an earthquake anywhere in the world. Mapping is basic. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes
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| East Coast Erosion | |
| Pictures showing erosion of eastern England coast and Norfolk coast, from North Sea Action Group. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://members.aol.com/ruraleye/dc2.htm
| |
| EcoAfrica | |
| Safari tour operators in southern Africa. Aimed at tourist market. Limited ecosystem details. SA Tours & Safaris with African Alternatives (Pty) Ltd. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.ecoafrica.com/index.htm
| |
| Electronic Volcano | |
| Links to volcano information; many links now out of date. Edited by Barbara DeFelice, Physical Sciences Librarian, Kresge Library, D. Randall Spydell & Richard E. Stoiber, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
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| Encarta: Pinatubo Volcano, Philippines | |
| Encarta on-line encyclopaedia entry. General geographical/location background. A good quality photo linked from the page. | Key Stage 3 |
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=06D08000
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| EnviroLink | |
| EnviroLink is a non-profit organisation, a grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organisations and volunteers around the world. Green advice given. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.envirolink.org/index1.html
| |
| Flood in Europe: A Peril Not to be Ignored | |
| Useful information on flood risk in Europe, mainly written for insurance underwriters, but of use for some geographical ideas. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.facworld.com/FacWorld.nsf/doc/euflood/$file/floodeu2.pdf
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| Global Gazetteer | |
| This is a directory of 2880532 cities in the world giving details of latitude, longitude and altitude (elevation/height). | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.calle.com/world/
| |
| Globe Visualisation | |
| Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study the global environment. GLOBE students make observations at and report through the Internet. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://globe.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/home.cgi
| |
| High Spatial Resolution Airborne Multispectral Thermal Infrared Data | |
| Complex technical analysis of the impact of the growth of the city of Atlanta on the local climate and urban heat island. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/atlanta/
| |
| History Of West India Quay - Museum in London Docklands | |
| The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), is supporting the use of 110,000 sq.ft of Warehouse No.1 at West India Quay, as a home for the Museum in a £3.5 million conversion.
| Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.shadows.org/eventspc.html
| |
| How Far Is It? | |
| Locates major cities on globe and calculates direct distances between them. By Darrell Kindred. | Key Stage 3 |
http://www.indo.com/distance
| |
| Images of The Burren, Ireland | |
| Photos of limestone pavement and scenery in County Cork by professional photographer John Ironside. Several images of plants found there, but also one or two superb images of the landforms. Worth a visit to this site for the photo of the erratics. | Key Stage 4 |
http://indigo.ie/~ironside/burren.htm
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| Kids Web Japan | |
| Aimed at Japanese pupils in English (upper primary/lower secondary ages). Limited amounts of geographical & cultural content. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/
| |
| London Docklands On-Line Guide | |
| On-line magazine with visitor and tourist information. Brief descriptions of several areas and photos. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.tellmeabout.co.uk/docklands/visiting/index.html
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| MapQuest | |
| US focussed, with some major world city maps. MapQuest.com is also a leading map and driving directions "enabler" of business Web site, corporate intranets, and other software applications. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.mapquest.com/
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| Norfolk Sky View | |
| Aerial photos of North Norfolk coast. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.norfolkskyview.flyer.co.uk/
| |
| Seal Conservation Society | |
| Information on the Society, Species Information, News, Rescue and Rehabilitation, Links to related web sites around the world, New Zealand Sea Lion mortality. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.greenchannel.com/tec/seals.htm
| |
| The Burren, Ireland | |
| An area of limestone with rare limestone pavement scenery and plants. Soem useful information as an example. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.irelandmidwest.com/Theburren.htm
| |
| Third World Traveler | |
| Rather biased American site on policies of TNCs & finance institutions. Of most use for political discussion. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TNCs_ThirdWorld.htm
| |
| UK Environmental Contacts Online | |
| Directories & links on-line. Free registration necessary. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.eco-uk.com
| |
| UK Tornadoes and Storms | |
| Recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement. Difficult to navigate site. Some case storm details. Good quality brief information when accessed. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.torro.org.uk
| |
| UK Volcanologists Home Page | |
| Hosted by the Open University (UK) Department of Earth Sciences. Limited content, mainly for university researchers. Some useful links. | Key Stage 5 |
http://exodus.open.ac.uk/volcano/volc_index.html
| |
| Virtual Geomorphology | |
| An online forum for geomorpholigcal information exchange. Maintained by Zbigniew Zwolinski at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. | Key Stage 5 |
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/gw/gw1.htm
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| Virtual Tourist | |
| Travel information & chat/discussion areas. Focus on travel but with useful links to encyclopaedic information on countries. Links to other sites classified by country and category. Additional sites for members. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.vtourist.com/vt/
| |
| Volcanic Activity Reports - Nyiragongo | |
| Report on historical activity of Nyiragongo volcano in Congo. Also photos and maps of region. Technical details of eruptions. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/volcano/region02/africa_c/nyiragon/var.htm
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| Warwick District Council | |
| Environmental Health Pollution Division. Data on air pollution monitoring by Warwick District Council. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.warwickdceh.demon.co.uk/
| |
| Waste Watch | |
| UK charity Waste Watch is part-funded by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Environmental Action. Gives info on waste recycling processes. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.wastewatch.org.uk
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| Xpeditions Geography Supersite | |
| From National Geographic. Recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement. Some form of on-line activities but not a very high return on the time taken to access and load. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/xpeditions/main.html
| |
| Agscan 2000 |  |
| Agriculture business tools, crops grain prices, machinery. Agnet the UK agriculture business tool; Agscan 2000 the search index for UK agriculture. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.masterweb.co.uk/agscan.htm
| |
| AsiaVille - The Global Village in Asia | |
| Information on business, news, buying and selling, job hunting, or just for leisure. Site maintained by Cyberville eServices, an Internet / Intranet / Extranet services company. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.asiaville.com
| |
| CTI Centre for Geog, Geol & Met | |
| Links to sites for Higher Education Departments & fund bidding for research. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/index.html
| |
| FPD Savills | |
| International property consultants website contains some references to agricultural land prices. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.fpdsavills.co.uk
| |
| India World | |
| A news and information website including sites on Personal Finance, Cricket, Food, History, Internet, Customised News, and a search engine. IndiaWorld is an Indian internet services company managed by ASAP Solutions Inc. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.indiaworld.com
| |
| Natural Environment Research Council | |
| One of the seven UK Research Councils which fund and manage research in the UK. Information on their organisation. Few records/details of research or database. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/
| |
| River 2000 | |
| Following the exploration journeys of the River 2000 project. | Key Stage |
http://www.river2000.co.uk/
| |
| Severnside Recylcing | |
| Company website on paper recycling. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.severnside.com
| |
| Tourism Concern | |
| Web site of charity Tourism Concern aiming to support fair and ethical tourism. Some educational resources available for purchase, but having seen none of them, we cannot ascertain their worth. Little other information of use in education. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk
| |
| UK Public Transport Information | |
| Limited information on public transport (e.g. some listings of public transport & links to timetables), targeted at travel. PTI covers all public transport within the UK, and to Europe. Interactive maps show links you needed. Produced by FWT. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.pti.org.uk
| |
| Vicinity Corporation’s Mapblast! | |
| US business address finder; not very useful for study. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.vicinity.com/mapblast/index.html
| |
| American Geographical Society |  |
| Key Stage |
http://www.amergeog.org/
| |
| Glasgow by MN Smith | |
| Personal page of MN Smith giving details of Glasgow. Site reports to be under construction and redirects user to http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk | Key Stage |
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/6891/index.html
| |
| Greater Easterhouse Development Company | |
| Greater Easterhouse Development Company home page - a Priority Partnership Area in Glasgow NOT AVAILABLE 21 August 2003 | Key Stage |
http://www.gedc.org.uk/index.htm
| |
| Human Development Report - Data | |
Each year the Human Development Report (HDR) presents a wealth of statistical information on different aspects of human development. All these data are available for download here in several different ways:
Get data by country, indicator or table.
You may access the 33 indicator tables in the HDR 2004, in either Excel or PDF format, and view them on-screen or download for future reference.
Data by country
Data by indicator (Alphabetically)
Data by tables (As they appear in the report)
Build your own table
Human development in animation. Explore these data with animated charts highlighting important trends in development. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/
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| Population in 1999 and 2000: All Countries | |
| Statistics from United Nations Population Division (Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view file) | Key Stage |
http://www.undp.org/popin/wdtrends/pop1999-00.pdf
| |
| State of World Population 2002 | |
| United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on population, poverty and future projections. Includes chapters on poverty and economics, women, health, AIDS/HIV, education and development. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm
| |
| The Brandt Report: Summary | |
| A summary of the international report on development (The Brandt Report) from "Let | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.stwr.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7
| |
| The plight of the Ogoni people in Nigeria | |
| The plight of the Ogoni people in Nigeria. Script of ‘The Drilling Fields’ video about Shell in Ogoniland is at http://www.oneworld.org/owbt/drillingvideo.htm | Key Stage |
http://www.gewm.co.za/ela/ogoni.fact.html
| |
| Alaska Department of Natural Resources | |
| Data and details from the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources | Key Stage |
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/Activity98/sld011.htm
| |
| Alaska Department of Natural Resources | |
| Division of Oil and Gas: Oil and Gas Activity Update February 1998 | Key Stage |
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/Activity98/
| |
| Alaskan climate & data | |
| Key Stage |
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/
| |
| All About Birmingham, UK. | |
| Web pages on Birmingham | Key Stage |
http://www.dwest.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/_history.html
| |
| American Association of Geographers | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.aag.org/
| |
| Analysis: Europe's car industry | |
| BBC News analysis of Friday, 12 May, 2000 detailing car manufacture in Europe. | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_746000/746306.stm
| |
| Automotive Empires | |
| The world car industry is under pressure to consolidate, but it is already one of the most multinational industries. BBC News Online guides you through the main automotive groups and what they own. | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_678000/678496.stm
| |
| BBC News on Sale of Shipyard | |
| BBC News page on possible sale of Govan shipyard & brief details of Clydeside shipbuilding | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_318000/318199.stm
| |
| BECTA | |
| British Education Computer Technology Agency, formerly NCET. Resources section gives CD reviews mainly for Key Stage 4. | Key Stage |
http://www.becta.org.uk
| |
| Birmingham - Central Birmingham c.1850-1914 | |
| MSc project. Sarah Hinksman's history of old Birmingham c.1850-1914: Map, Joseph Chamberlain, Crime, Health, Housing, Industry, Local Government, Markets, Schools, Shops, Slums, Transport. | Key Stage |
http://www.cs.aston.ac.uk/oldbrum/FrontPage.html
| |
| Birmingham - Central Birmingham c.1850-1914 Index | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.cs.aston.ac.uk/oldbrum/Index.html
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| Birmingham Assist | |
| Millennium 2000 New List of Councillors Welcome to Assist City Council Tourism & Leisure Business & Economy Have Your Say Welcome to Birmingham Assist: Picture of Victoria Square | Key Stage |
http://birmingham.gov.uk/
| |
| Birmingham Business School | |
| The Birmingham Business School - The University of Birmingham; Information - Course Information, Contacts & Staff and Affiliations, The Birmingham MBA - details of our MBA Programmes, Research. | Key Stage |
http://www.bham.ac.uk/business/
| |
| Birmingham City Centre - Virtual Tour | |
| A tour of the unheralded highlights of Birmingham city centre. This virtual experience will tempt those who have not yet experienced the delights of the city.
Not available 27 Aug 2001 | Key Stage |
http://www.euphoria.subtopia.org/tour/tour.html
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| Birmingham Websites | |
| Web Sites in the City of Birmingham, UK. Not all Web Sites hosted by The University of Birmingham carry officially approved information. | Key Stage |
http://www.bham.ac.uk/webmaster/bham.html
| |
| Bombay (Mumbai) Census Data | |
| Links to Census data | Key Stage |
http://www.ncst.ernet.in/iips/gmumbai.htm
| |
| Bombay (Mumbai) Information | |
| Provided for delegates to the Third IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC) held in Mumbai (Bombay), India, 1997. Useful additional web links at end of brief article. | Key Stage |
http://www.citr.ece.uvic.ca/icpwc97/bombay.html
| |
| Canadian Association of Geographers | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.uwindsor.ca/faculty/socsci/geog/cag/index/html
| |
| Centre for Environmental Information | |
| Centre for Environmental Information at Sunderland University. Environmental issues particularly in South America, eastern Europe & central Asia. | Key Stage |
http://cei.sund.ac.uk
| |
| Comptons Encyclopedia | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/
| |
| Computers in Teaching Initiative | |
| University of Leicester site. Directory of links arranged under geographical topic, national & international organisation, data sources and educational resources. | Key Stage |
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti
| |
| Dept of Environment, Transport & Regions | |
| Details of UK sustainable development strategy for all aspects of the economy are at http://www.detr.gov.uk/sustainable/index.htm | Key Stage |
http://www.detr.gov.uk
| |
| East End Partnership | |
| East End Partnership Ltd home page - a Priority Partnership Area in Glasgow | Key Stage |
http://www.eastend.org.uk
| |
| Environment Agency | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.environment.agency.gov.uk
| |
| Exxon Statement: Valdez Ten Year Anniversary | |
| Statement from Exxon on 10th anniversary of oil spill | Key Stage |
http://www.exxon.com/exxoncorp/news/publications/valdez_bulletin/f990310.html
| |
| Exxon Valdez - Legacy of a Spill | |
| A special feature published by the Anchorage Daily News. March 21-24, 1999. | Key Stage |
http://www.adn.com/evos/evos.html
| |
| Exxon Valdez Oil Spill | |
| Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. By: Kevin Guzman. Essay on the opil spill. | Key Stage |
http://www.mvhs.srvusd.k12.ca.us/~kguzman/tq/mainterm.html
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| Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration | |
| Exxon Valdez oil spill restoration website. Alaskan state government website. | Key Stage |
http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/exxon.html
| |
| Exxon Valdez Spill May Take Decades to Heal | |
| Anchorage, Alaska, March 19, 1999 (ENS) - Ten years after the nation's largest and most destructive oil spill, most of the fish and wildlife species… | Key Stage |
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/mar99/1999L-03-19-05.html
| |
| Forestry Commission | |
| Index with details of individual Forest Enterprise districts & future developments. | Key Stage |
http://www.forestry.gov.uk
| |
| Friends of the Earth | |
| Information on their environmental campaigns is at http://ww.foe.co.uk/camps/ | Key Stage |
http://foe.co.uk
| |
| From USGS | |
| Index for USGS pages | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/textindex.html
| |
| Geographical Association | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.geography.org.uk
| |
| Geography National Curriculum | |
| UK government Department for Education and Skills site. Provides details of content of National Curriculum for Geography, level descriptors and assessment, QCA/DfEE schemes of work, useful resources and support materials. | Key Stage 1, 2 & 3 |
http://www.nc.uk.net/servlets/Subjects?Subject=Gg
| |
| Glasgow Business Information | |
| Glasgow City Council - Business Information site | Key Stage |
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/html/business/bindex.htm
| |
| Glasgow City Council | |
| Glasgow City Council Homepage | Key Stage |
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk
| |
| Glasgow City Council Factsheets | |
| Glasgow City Council - About Glasgow: Factsheets | Key Stage |
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/html/about/aindex.htm
| |
| Glasgow Development Agency | |
| Glasgow Development Agency home page | Key Stage |
http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/glasgow
| |
| Glasgow Guide | |
| Glasgow Guide Organisation home page | Key Stage |
http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk
| |
| GLOBE | |
| Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment - a worldwide network of students,
teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global
environment. | Key Stage |
http://www.globe.gov
| |
| GM to axe jobs worldwide | |
| BBC News report of Tuesday, 12 December, 2000 giving details of reductions in car maufacturer General Motors operations internationally. | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1067000/1067513.stm
| |
| Govan Initiative Ltd | |
| Govan Initiative Ltd (non-profit development agency) home page | Key Stage |
http://www.govan-initiative.co.uk/
| |
| Greenpeace | |
| Key Stage |
http://greenpeace.org
| |
| Human Population Growth | |
| Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant
Chapter 16: HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH. From School of Biological Sciences, Computing Services, University of California, Irvine. | Key Stage |
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/lec16/b65lec16.htm
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| InfoPlease: Countries | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
| |
| InfoPlease: Geography | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001742.html
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| Institute of Australian Geographers | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/geog/iag
| |
| International Geographic Union | |
| Key Stage |
http://helsinki.fi/science/igu
| |
| International Year of the Ocean | |
| International Year of the Ocean - Kids and Teacher's Resources. | Key Stage |
http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/kids.htm
| |
| Latest News from Venezuela On-Line | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.vzlanet.com/news
| |
| Living on Earth Special Report: Exxon Valdez | |
| In an effort to continue the tradition of bringing you clear, compelling, and timely news, Living on Earth provides this special report 10 years later. | Key Stage |
http://www.livingonearth.org/exxon/exxon.htm
| |
| Local Agenda 21 UK | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.la21-uk.org.uk
| |
| Manufacturers in Birmingham UK | |
| Summary: List of Manufacturers in Birmingham UK | Key Stage |
http://www.made-in-birmingham-uk.com/advertise.html
| |
| Map of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill | |
| Map of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. By: Kevin Guzman. | Key Stage |
http://monte.mvhs.srvusd.k12.ca.us/~kguzman/tq/map.html
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| Meteorological Office (Met Office) | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.met-office.gov.uk
| |
| Mumbai (Bombay): The Gateway Of India | |
| A site with information on Bombay. | Key Stage |
http://www.bchs.uh.edu/mdoshi/Bombay/
| |
| Mumbai Pages | |
| A very comprehensive information site with information on all aspects of the city, including tourist information. | Key Stage |
http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/
| |
| National Farmers Union | |
| Contains case studies of farms in each region of UK, farmers’ opinions on current agricultural issues. | Key Stage |
http://www.nfu.org.uk/education
| |
| National Geographic magazine | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
| |
| National Geographic Society (US) | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/ncge/indek.html
| |
| National Grid for Learning | |
| Registration is required (free). Links to Virtual Classroom and Classroom Resources.
Includes review of recommended web sites. | Key Stage |
http://www.ngfl.gov.uk
| |
| NGDC: Science for Society | |
| NGDC: Science for Society - a tour of the National Geophysical Data Center;
information about wildfires, blizzards, mapping and much more. | Key Stage |
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdcsociety.html
| |
| NGfL Resource Centre | |
| A joint initiative by BT, Microsoft and RM for a subscription-free online teacher
resource centre to support the National Grid for Learning. | Key Stage |
http://www.teachergrid.com
| |
| NOAA Central Library Photo Collection | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
| |
| NOAA Corps Fleet | |
| NOAA Corps Fleet | Key Stage |
http://www.nc.noaa.gov/fleet.html
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| NOAA Teacher at Sea Program | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.tas.noaa.gov
| |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| Main OS web site educational resources. | Key Stage |
http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk/education/site.htm
| |
| Prince William Sound: Paradise Lost? | |
| This site is created, published, and maintained by Jeffrey Kelly. | Key Stage |
http://library.advanced.org/10867/home.shtml
| |
| Rover's troubles: In depth | |
| BBC report on the difficulties for UK car manufacturer, Rover. Tuesday, 12 December, 2000 | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/business/2000/rover/default.stm
| |
| Royal Geographical Society | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.rgs.org/
| |
| RSPB | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.rspb.org.uk
| |
| Science with OAR | |
| Science site for students and teachers. | Key Stage |
http://www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/
| |
| Scott Polar Research Institute | |
| Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge UK). Polar links for schools are at http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/kids/schnet.htm. | Key Stage |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk
| |
| Scottish Office | |
| Scottish Office home page | Key Stage |
http://www.scotland.gov.uk
| |
| Statistical tests | |
| This site provides a brief outline of many useful statistics tests and allows you to enter data and automatically calculates the chosen test result. | Key Stage 5 |
http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/Service/CGI-Inline/HTML/Statistics.html
| |
| The Body Shop | |
| The Body Shop’s main website. Their educational website with frequently asked questions is at http://bized.ac.uk/compfact/bodyshop/bsindex.htm | Key Stage |
http://ww.the-body-shop.com
| |
| The Green Party | |
| Key Stage |
| |
| The NOAA Central Library Reference Information | |
| The NOAA Central Library Reference Information - Wind and Sea - comprehensive
list of science related topics with links to online resources. | Key Stage |
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html
| |
| The Rover breakdown | |
| BBC News report on the difficulties faced by car manufacturer, Rover - Tuesday, 2 May, 2000 | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_273000/273080.stm
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| The Weather Room | |
| Educational info from the National Severe Storms Laboratory; color books, severe storm questions and answers. | Key Stage |
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/
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| The World Bank | |
| Home page of the international develpoment organisation. | Key Stage |
http://www.worldbank.org/
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| Understanding unemployment | |
| BBC report on the several ways to measure unemployment. | Key Stage |
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/business_basics/newsid_92000/92830.stm
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| Urban and Regional Information Systems Association | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.urisa.org
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| Urbanization and Sea Shoreline Erosion, Nile Delta, Egypt | |
| Monitoring thirty years of urbanization and sea shoreline erosion, River Nile Delta, Egypt. Impact of urban growth and coast erosion reducing available farmland in Egypt. Refers to impact of Aswan dam also. Uses satellite images for analysis. | Key Stage |
http://isis.er.anl.gov/pr_urban.htm
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| US Global Change Research Information Office | |
| The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources | Key Stage |
http://www.gcrio.org/
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| Valdez Oil Spill: An Environmental Update | |
| 10 years After the Valdez Oil Spill: An Environmental Update - takes a look at shoreline conditions, fish and wildlife recovery, and provides a perspective on the spill. | Key Stage |
http://www.valdezscience.com/
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| Venezuela On-Line | |
| Venezuelan news agency. | Key Stage |
http://venezuelaonline.com/new
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| What's left of the UK car industry | |
| BBC News report of Tuesday, 12 December, 2000 - overview of car manufacturing in UK. | Key Stage |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_746000/746569.stm
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| Working with Maps: Exploring Maps | |
| Exploring Maps (for grades 7-12) Key Stage 3 & 4 | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/wwmaps.html
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| Working with Maps: Map Adventures | |
| Map Adventures (for grades K-3) Key Stage 1 & 2 | Key Stage 1 & 2 |
http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/MA/
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| Working with Maps: What Do Maps Show? | |
| What Do Maps Show (for grades 3-8) Key Stage 2 & 3 | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://info.er.usgs.gov/education/teacher/what-do-maps-show/index.html
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| World Population Estimates and Projections | |
| Official latest report (population data for 1998) for population data from United Nations Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs. | Key Stage |
http://www.popin.org/pop1998/default.htm#contents
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| World Tourism Organisation | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.world-tourism.org
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| World Tourism Organisation | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.world-tourism.org/
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| World Wide Fund for Nature | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.panda.org
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| Worldwatch Institute | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.worldwatch.org
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| Yahoo - Social Science | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/socialscience
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| Yahoo Ecology | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/science/ecology
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| Yahoo Search Engine | |
| Potentially useful, but very variable, sites listings from search engine/classification Yahoo. | Key Stage |
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/science/geography
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