European Retirees on the Costa del Sol: A Cross-National Comparison

The Costa del Sol is one of the largest and
most important regions in Europe receiving
retirement migrants from other countries.
This paper studies northern European retired
immigrants, using data generated by a
questionnaire survey of 300 respondents and
in-depth interviews with 20 people in 13
municipalities. Reasons for moving to Spain,
the advantages and disadvantages reported
of living there, and the perceived impacts on
the local region were analysed, paying
particular attention to cross-national
differences between British, German,
Benelux and Nordic retirees. The results
show that sociodemographic and economic
features of the settlers tend to be quite
similar, whilst reasons for moving, stated
advantages and disadvantages, and
consequences and impacts exhibit some
cross-national differentiation.

Link to Rodriguez.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Migration 'causes pressure in UK'

Almost every UK region has difficulties in housing, health, education and crime because of increased migration, according to an official report. The findings are contained in a report drawn up to advise ministers on the social impact of immigration.

Link to BBC NEWS | UK | Migration 'causes pressure in UK'

The Amazon burns once again

It is burning season in Brazil, and across the Amazon region, where illegal loggers, cattle ranchers and a growing number of soy producers continue their advance into their world's largest tropical forest, similar scenes are taking place. In August government satellites registered 16,592 fires across Brazil, the overwhelming majority in the Amazon.

Link to The Amazon burns once again | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

World Food Day 2007

World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's Twentieth General Conference in November 1979. The date chosen - 16 October - is the anniversary of FAO.

Link to World Food Day 2007: HOME EN

World Food Day

October 16 is World Food Day, an occasion to remember the plight of the world's 850 million chronically hungry people. After decades of decline, that number has actually been growing by four million each year since the mid-1990s. Today, hunger still kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. This series of photographs from the World Food Programme highlights some of the key facts and figures about hunger around the world today.

Link to WFP slideshow | Gallery | Guardian Unlimited

LINK : World Food Programme

Black to the future

Forget about wind farms and nuclear power stations. The answer to Britain’s looming energy crisis could be cheap, plentiful and planet-friendly coal

Thanks to Mike Miskelly for spotting this very interesting article on energy needs.

Link to Black to the future - Times Online

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize

The Belize Barrier Reef platform lies on the Atlantic-Caribbean coast of Belize, and extends 260 kilometers (km) from the border with Mexico to the north, to near the Guatemalan border to the south.

Link to Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize - Encyclopedia of Earth

DIRECTORY of University courses

The Directory is the essential guide to Geography in Higher Education in the UK. It provides information on most HE departments with an undergraduate degree or module in geography, the courses offered, and the staff who work there. Given the range of Geography courses available, a standard overview is provided:

Whys study Geography?

Choosing a course?

Making a sucessful application?

Should i take agap year

Careers in Geography

Link to DIRECTORY

Twin Blue Marbles

Just because they are beautiful images

Link to EO Newsroom: New Images - Twin Blue Marbles

Poverty driving Burmese workers east

Zaw Aung left Burma because he could not afford to feed his family. The 31-year-old worked as a farm labourer near the new capital, Naypyidaw. But his wages did not cover basic necessities for his wife and three young children, and he could not find a better job.

Link to BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Poverty driving Burmese workers east

Chinadependence

Chinadependence: the second UK Interdependence report, published in association with the Open University, released to mark the day that the world as a whole goes into ecological debt, reveals the many ways in which Britain is becoming increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to fuel our high-consuming lifestyles. In particular, Chinadependence reveals a striking rise in our dependence on a wide range of Chinese imports. And, because the greenhouse gas pollution that results from their manufacture is blamed on China, not the consumers in the UK, we are turning China into our 'environmental laundry' with devastating consequences for the planet.

Link to Search Results

UK 'exporting emissions' to China

China's rising coal consumption is partly to make western goodsThe UK's increasing dependence on Chinese goods is contributing to a rise in carbon emissions, a report suggests.

The New Economic Foundation (Nef) says such reliance is adding to CO2 levels because China's factories produce more CO2 per item than British ones

Link to BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | UK 'exporting emissions' to China

euroGame12

Nice game on European countries

Link to euroGame12

Footprint Network News - Global Footprint Network

Ecological Footprint accounts estimate how many Earths were needed to meet the resource requirements of humanity for each year since 1961, when complete UN statistics became available. Resource demand (Ecological Footprint) for the world as a whole is the product of population times per capita consumption, and reflects both the level of consumption and the efficiency with which resources are turned into consumption products. Resource supply (biocapacity) varies each year with ecosystem management, agricultural practices (such as fertilizer use and irrigation), ecosystem degradation, and weather.

Get National Ecological footprint data

Link to Footprint Network News - Global Footprint Network - Advancing the Science of Sustainability

River Discharge Lab VIRTUAL RIVER FIELDWORK

The goal of this exercise is to introduce you to some basic concepts about how rivers work.The term river describes water moving through a well-defined channel.

Link to River Discharge Lab

Extended stretch of coastline CASE STUDY

Snapshot of farming in the UK

 

Animal health crises such as foot-and-mouth and bluetongue are just part of the worries facing farmers in the UK today.Pressures from export bans and late subsidy payments to fluctuating market prices can affect income, leave morale low and result in many famers considering how or whether to carry on in the industry. This snapshot of farming in the UK highlights some key areas of concern.

Land use

Farming Incomes

Retail Prices

Subsidies

Link to BBC NEWS | Magazine | Snapshot of farming in the UK

Centenarians reach a record high

The number of people living beyond 100 years has reached a record high in England and Wales, according to official figures.

The Office for National Statistics says there are now 9,000 "centenarians" - a 90-fold increase since 1911.

Link to BBC NEWS | Health | Centenarians reach a record high

All about population

A world population of 6.5 billion in 2005... and how many in twenty or fifty years from now? For thousands of years, human beings were a rare species and their numbers grew very slowly. By around 1800 however, the population began to increase rapidly, starting in the rich countries and then, from the twentieth century, in the rest of the world. This unique period in the history of mankind will probably come to an end within a century. What are the reasons for this growth, and what factors are affecting the population today? Will the world population level off in the years to come? How will the world be populated in the future?

These pages include animations, documents and fact sheets to help you find the answers to these questions, and learn more about the world population. Discover the science of demography, Find facts and figures about a country or group of countries. Imagine the population of tomorrow by looking into the future.

CLICK on the header "ALL ABOUT POPULATION" to reveal a drop down menu that contains

ANIMATIONS - Birth and family size; Understanding length of life;Measuring Fertility; Measuring Life expectancy; Population Pyramids

POPULATION ATLAS The world population atlas gives the latest United Nations population statistics for 230 countries and regions of the world. You can use its different windows to travel from one country to another, to see how the situation changes over time, to rank countries or to compare them with each other.

POPULATION GAMES Use our interactive windows to play with the factors influencing family size, to find out where you stand in the world population or to look into the future with the population simulator.

GRAPH OF THE MONTH Every month, a different set of recent population data is presented in the "graph of the month".

How is it constructed? What does it show? Click on the title to find out more.

Link to [INED] All about population

Templates for TEACHERS

AST Request Form - This can be used to request resources - for other languages please attach a vocab list. Email me directly from the index page.
Noughts & Crosses
Aliens & Defenders - I really enjoy this one - one of my more inspired creations!
Brick Wall - Reveal
Find the word
Flash Memory game
Trivial Pursuit - created by Natalie Nicholson
Blockbusters
The Weakest Link - created by Mark E. Damon
Millionaire instructions
Millionaire - Not sure where this came from but I adapted it slightly
Timer - Adapted from MFL Sunderland - countdown file available if it doesn't run from here
30 second Countdown sound file
Talking Flash Cards
Picture Vocabulary Quiz - Hyperlinked Pictures - works in same way as action buttons
Action Buttons
Pit Stop - website with lots of ideas for MFL games
Wordsearch software - to print or use on a Smartboard - .exe file to download
Ideas for Flashcard and OHP Games
Ideas for Say It grids
Wheel of Fortune - spinner based on an idea by Connie Campbell
Timer - round the world in 1 minute - created by Dave Harlan
Virtual Dice - web site where you can select dice with different numbers of faces

Link to templates