Sunday, 1 March 2009
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Local Futures Website - LFN Update: Barometer November 2008
The Local Futures Group is a research and strategy consultancy that provides a geographical perspective on social and environmental change, set within a 21st century knowledge economy. We introduce this perspective into public policy and corporate strategies, both in the UK and internationally.
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PDF Reports on Well Being; transport; Local Amenities; Labour Market; Education; Employment growth; Demography; Business and Enterprise; Housing Affordability; Health Barometer; Deprivation Barometer; Crime Barometer; Inequality in knowledge economy; First time buyers affordability; Local carbon footprint; Migrant Labour; Local deprivation; Skills; Life expectancy;Access to services and amenities; Geography of crime; Geography of Carbon Footprint;
Local Futures Website - LFN Update: Barometer November 2008
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Tropical Rainforest
Uploaded on authorSTREAM by GeoDave
Thanks very uch to Dave Rayner for sharing this
Britain From Above
Andrew Marr takes to the skies exploring Britain from above.
An epic journey revealing the secrets, patterns and hidden rhythms of our lives from a striking new perspective.
Join host Andrew Marr as he discovers how each and every one of us is interconnecting making Britain what it is today.
Britain looks very different from the skies. From a bird's eye view of the nation, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples are revealed and re-discovered in new and extraordinary ways.
Cutting edge technology allows you to see through cloud cover, navigate the landscape and witness familiar sights as never seen before
BBC - Britain From Above
Portraits from the Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), fighting continues among various rebel armies, tribes, the Congolese army and U.N. forces. The dire situation has prompted the government of DR Congo to ask for help, and invite the armies of neighboring South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda to enter their territory on several joint operations, to hunt down and pacify or dismantle at least two major rebel armies operating in the lawless border region. Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was captured in January by Rwandan forces, but his army is still active - and Ugandan troops are seeking out the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army, which has taken refuge in eastern DR Congo. Once more, caught in all of this are the local civilians, terrorized by fleeing and advancing troops of all kinds. Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly has been traveling through the area, capturing some amazing photographs of the people involved. (38 photos total)
Portraits from the Congo - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Hurricanes, as seen from orbit
Hurricane Ike just rolled across Cuba, and soaked parts of Haiti - both regions still reeling from recent Hurricane Gustav. Ike appears to be weakening now, but is headed tward the Gulf Coast of the U.S., and may yet strengthen. The crew aboard the International Space Station was able to take a photo of Ike from 220 miles overhead last Thursday - one in a long series of great NASA photographs of hurricanes from space. Here are some of the best, from the past several years. (25 photos total)
Hurricanes, as seen from orbit - The Big Picture - Boston.com
IUCN - About the Water Programme
The Challenge
Only 3% of water on earth is freshwater, about 2/3 of this amount is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The world faces considerable challenges in managing this amount equitably for a growing world population.
The IUCN Water Programme seeks to bring together its extensive network of members, scientific commissions, government and private sector partners to sustainably develop solutions and initiatives to preserve our water resources.
Where we work section has CASE STUDIES
UCN - About the Water Programme
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture
The country profiles and regional overiews describe the state of the water resources, agricultural water use and management in 138 countries and 5 regions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. They underline the particularities in each country and region and the problems met in the development of the water resources and, in particular, irrigation. They summarize the irrigation trends and perspectives for water management in agriculture as described in the literature available. The methodology used to prepare the country profiles and the regional overviews is described in the background document below.
AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture
Friday, 20 February 2009
Earth Hour
Earth Hour 2009 is set to switch off the globe. Already 538 cities in 75 countries which is double the number of countries that participated in 2008, are committed. With hundreds more cities expected to sign up to switch off in the coming months, Earth Hour 2009 is setting the platform for an unprecedented global mandate for action on climate change.
Earth Hour
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Case Study of Rapid Economic Growth - South Korea (An NIC)
Thanks to Mr Chambers St Ivo School Geography Department for this excellent case study
GeoBytesGCSE: Case Study of Rapid Economic Growth - South Korea (An NIC)
The fight for water in North America
The arid states of America's south-west have been getting drier in recent years.Since 2000, the Colorado River - which provides water for seven US states in the region - has carried less water than at any time in recorded history. And while the drought is worsening, the demand for water in this booming part of the country is increasing. The states dependent on the Colorado River for their water are seeking solutions to their water shortage, with some suggesting that importing water from far-flung states - or even towing icebergs down from the Arctic - could solve the problems.
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | The fight for water in North America
The water vendors of Nigeria
Isa earns a hard living pushing a heavy water cart around the rutted streets of the suburbs of Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
He is one of tens of thousands of water vendors who deliver jerry cans full of water to houses built without any kind of sanitation
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | The water vendors of Nigeria
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
GeoInteractive Geography Resources
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