Wednesday 18 July 2007

Gapminder - Dollar Street, 2002

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All people of the world live on Dollar Street, the poorest to the left and the richest to the right. Everybody else live inbetween. Dollar Street contains complete photo-panoramas from households at different income levels. Current version includes 13 household and 3 school documentations from Mozambique, South Africa and Uganda. Scroll the street to left and right to move up and down the street. Click on the houses to get inside and explore different household functions.

Link to Gapminder - Dollar Street, 2002

State of the Countryside 2007

This year's State of the Countryside report shows there are now nearly 400,000 fewer young people aged 15-29 in rural areas than just twenty years ago. This trend is set against a rising rural population overall and has contributed significantly to a rural demographic which is both older and ageing faster than urban areas. The report also shows:

  • that rural areas experienced over 200% growth in the number of migrant workers in the last three years;
  • the average rural household spent nearly £480 per week in 2005, £60 per week higher than was paid by the average urban household;
  • that just 44% of households in sparse isolated rural areas are within easy reach of a GP;
  • a near doubling of energy crops in the last year; and
  • that due to the changing climate there are now nearly 400 vineyards in England and Wales.

Link to CRC Publications CRC 46 - State of the Countryside 2007

New Forest: Coastal Management

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New Forest District Council has 60 km of coastline, extending from Chewton Bunny, Christchurch Bay in the west to Redbridge, Southampton Water in the east; this also includes approximately 9km of the lower reaches of the Beaulieu and Lymington Rivers within the Western Solent. This stretch of coastline has a wide range of geologically and geomorphologically important features that include soft cliffs, spits and barrier beaches, saltmarshes and mudflats. These dynamically evolving environments are also of international importance for nature conservation.

Link to New Forest: Coastal Management