Friday 24 October 2008

BGR Global groundwater maps

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Link to homepage)

During the past decades the interest in groundwater increased considerably due to water shortage problems on local, regional and even global levels. The use of groundwater is considered as an appropriate way out of regional water crises caused by population growth and economic development but the knowledge of this hidden resource is still weak in many places and investments in groundwater management and protection are insufficient.

In order to contribute to the world-wide efforts to better study, manage and protect freshwater resources the World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) was launched in 1999.

BGR Global groundwater maps

The world in virtual reality, VR city maps. 360 Cities

View the world in interactive, high resolution panoramic photography

The world in virtual reality, VR city maps. 360 Cities. Prague, Moscow, Vancouver, Venice, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Vienna, Taipei, Seoul, L.A., Egypt, and many more....

SHOW®/WORLD - A New Way To Look At The World

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People

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SHOW®/WORLD - A New Way To Look At The World

Wealth gap creating a social time bomb | World news | The Guardian

megacities

Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on the urban environment.

In a survey of 120 major cities, New York was found to be the ninth most unequal in the world and Atlanta, New Orleans, Washington, and Miami had similar inequality levels to those of Nairobi, Kenya Abidjan and Ivory Coast. Many were above an internationally recognised acceptable "alert" line used to warn governments.

Wealth gap creating a social time bomb World news The Guardian

Wednesday 22 October 2008

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Manchester 'setting an example'

No. 1 Deansgate - (c) Freefoto.com

The regeneration of Manchester is an example to the rest of the country, the head of the Urban Task Force Lord Rogers has said.

BBC NEWS England Manchester Manchester 'setting an example'

BBC NEWS | Politics | 'Gated' community warning

Newcastle Quayside

The growth of US-style "gated" communities threatens to divide Britain's cities into rich and poor ghettos, a report has warned.

BBC NEWS Politics 'Gated' community warning

BBC News | UK | Report attacks 'polarised' Bradford

BMW car showroom in Manningham

A report by the former head of the Commission for Racial Equality will attack the polarisation of communities along racial and religious lines in Bradford, the BBC has learned.

BBC News UK Report attacks 'polarised' Bradford

Find NHS Services

Go the NHS Choices homepage

Find Services
This area allows you to find telephone numbers and details for all the health services in your area. It brings together everything from GPs to gyms.

Find NHS Services – Find your local GP / Doctor, Dentist, Pharmacy, Optician, Hospital, PCT, NHS Trust, NHS Walk in Centre, Stop Smoking Service

Active Places

This website allows you to search for sports facilities any where in England by a number of different ways. You can browse an interactive map of the country, search for facilities in your local area, use the name and address of a specific facility to find out more information. Please be aware that this is the first stage in an ambitious project - we have collected information on over 50,000 facilities already. Currently we hold the locations and details for eleven different facility types, and this information is being constantly checked. If the facility type you require isn’t part of the site yet please bear with us. We will introduce other facility types at later date but can only collect so much information at once.

Active Places

Tuesday 21 October 2008

BBC NEWS | UK | Rich and poor gap 'narrows' in UK

A man and a woman walking with a child

The gap between rich and poor in the UK has decreased since 2000, an international survey has concluded.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says the decline in inequality in Britain has been "remarkable".

BBC NEWS UK Rich and poor gap 'narrows' in UK

Sunday 19 October 2008

geography map games : home

Geo quizz : geography map : find the countries

geography map games : home

Thursday 9 October 2008

Tuesday 7 October 2008

chris jordan photography

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chris jordan photography

Travel Pod nowledge of world cities

GAME to test world map knowledge

http://www.minijuegosgratis.com/juegos/hwdykyworld/hwdykyworld.html?fdef=85b4

Saturday 4 October 2008

Educational Software from Owl & Mouse

INTERACTIVE games using world maps

world-map

Educational Software from Owl & Mouse