Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Pacific Institute: Topics - Global Water Crisis
Over 1 billion people don't have access to clean drinking water; more than 2 billion lack access to adequate sanitation; and millions die every year due to preventable water-related diseases. Water resources around the globe are threatened by climate change, misuse, and pollution. But there are solutions: we can provide for people's basic needs while protecting the environment by using innovative water efficiency and conservation strategies, community-scale projects, smart economics, and new technology.
Pacific Institute: Topics - Global Water Crisis
Water Crisis
While the world's population tripled in the 20th century, the use of renewable water resources has grown six-fold. Within the next fifty years, the world population will increase by another 40 to 50 %. This population growth - coupled with industrialization and urbanization - will result in an increasing demand for water and will have serious consequences on the environment.
Water Crisis
Nature web focus: global water crisis
More then one billion people in the world lack access to clean water, and things are getting worse. Over the next two decades, the average supply of water per person will drop by a third, possibly condemning millions of people to an avoidable premature death. In this free web focus, Nature presents an analysis of the global water crisis with a collection of news, features and interactive graphics.
Nature web focus: global water crisis
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Water scarcity: A looming crisis?
The amount of water in the world is finite. The number of us is growing fast and our water use is growing even faster.
A third of the world's population lives in water-stressed countries now. By 2025, this is expected to rise to two-thirds.
There is more than enough water available, in total, for everyone's basic needs.
BBC NEWS Science/Nature Water scarcity: A looming crisis?
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Magic Map
Use 'Magicmap' to help students understand how to use map symbols and grid references.
Magic Map
The carbon atlas | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Climate change: The carbon atlasNew figures published today confirm that China has overtaken the US as the largest emitter of CO2. This interactive emissions map shows how the rest of the world compares. Global C02 emissions totalled 29,195m tonnes in 2006 – up 2.4% on 2005 .
INTERACTIVE MAP
The carbon atlas Environment guardian.co.uk
Monday, 8 December 2008
Hazards Year 13 January 2009
Building Design: http://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/joint-pub/Handbook26-03-07.pdf
Disaster Statistics: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/introduction.htm
Disaster Trends pdf: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/pdf/isdr-disaster-statistics-occurrence.pdf
Disaster Statistics - Impacts: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/pdf/isdr-disaster-statistics-impact.pdf
Economic Disaster Statistics - Top 50 countries: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/pdf/isdr-disaster-statistics-50top-countries.pdf
2005 Disasters in numbers: http://www.unisdr.org/disaster-statistics/pdf/2005-disaster-in-numbers.pdf
http://www.cred.be/ site which has a "Disasters of the week" section !
Relief Web covers a very wide variety of disasters from natural to humanitarian and also provides excellent maps of population movements. A useful site for those looking for refugee data recently.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/doc106?OpenForm
Urban change for rural China
Deep in Wuxi County in the west of China, a sleepy village is undergoing radical change - a symbol of China's economic revolution.
BBC NEWS Programmes Newsnight Urban change for rural China
Sunday, 7 December 2008
BBC - China Stories
VIDEO Resources
Xiao Di is a ten year old boy who lives in Beijing and is a product of China's one child policy.
"The disadvantage about the One Child Policy is that single children find it difficult to make friends... sometimes he feels lonely." - Xiao Di's mum.
BBC - China Stories - Xiao Di - the single child
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Hazelwick School Online : Curriculum
A set of exercises on the resources
Hazelwick School Online : Curriculum
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Princes Dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princes Dock is a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is the most southerly of the docks situated in the northern part of the Liverpool dock system, connected to Princes Half Tide Dock to the north. The dock is now in the buffer zone to Liverpool's World Heritage Site.
Princes Dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fourth Grace
The creation of the Royal Liver Building celebrated a confident city and its past. The brief for the Fourth Grace called for a symbol of Liverpool’s future, a landmark building that would provide a dynamic and flexible venue for major public activity, exploiting the prominent riverside location. The site has expansive river views but is open and enviromentally challenging. RRP’s design proposed a serpentine roof form with ribbons of glazing creating a sheltered environment for diverse activity whilst framing views of the River Mersey. The scheme was intended to provide a contemporary identity for the city - a catalyst for Liverpool’s ongoing urban regeneration.
Integration of public transport systems was key to the future success of the scheme – RRP proposed tram links from north to south, connections between the commercial, retail, educational, cultural quarters, links to James Street Station and the underground and rail network, full integration with bus routes, maximising transportation opportunities offered by the waterways and enhancing the Cruise Liner Terminal and ferry links.
IMAGES
The Fourth Grace
BBC - Liverpool - How We Built Britain - Fourth Grace
Fourth Grace
As a designated World Heritage Site Liverpool is facing questions and debate about how far development should go, particularly on the famous waterfront.
VIDEO
BBC - Liverpool - How We Built Britain - Fourth Grace
Pier Head
The Pier Head is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It is part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004.[1] [2]
Pier Head - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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