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Heinemann Geography Links 2

1.1 The water cycle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geography
The Geography Portal.
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/
Global Hydrology and Climate Center.

1.5 Management of major river systems

http://www.mdbc.gov.au/
Murray Darling Basin Commission.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/ice/iceall.htm
Nile River site.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110541/Ganges-River
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Ganges River page.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110538/Yangtze-River
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Yangtze River page.
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/riversofworld.html
US Geological Survey, Lengths of the Major Rivers (mostly American major rivers).

1.7 Coasts: Rocks, cliffs and platforms

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/physical.html
Scroll down to Coasts and Coastal Features for specific links.

1.8 Coasts: Beaches and dunes

http://www.georesources.co.uk/recintro.htm
Geo Resources site. Case study of coastal management and erosion in UK.
http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/physical.html
Scroll down to Coasts and Coastal Features for specific links.

1.9 The changing coast

http://www.usgs.gov/
US Geological Surveys site for coastal research.

1.10 Coastal management

http://www.georesources.co.uk/csdintro.htm
GeoResources, case study of coastal management and dunes in UK.

1.12 Using GIS in Coastal management

http://www.esri.com/
ESRI website.

1.13 Wetlands

http://www.ramsar.org/
Ramsar website.

1.14 Mangroves

http://wwwscience.murdoch.edu.au/centres/others/mangrove/index.html
The Western Australia Mangrove page.
http://www.aims.gov.au/index.html
Australian Institute of Marine Science.

2.3 Predicting hazardous weather

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html
NOAA El Niño page.
http://www.bom.gov.au/
Bureau of Meteorology.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/hazards.shtml
NOAA site, information on recent hazard events as well as background.

2.4 Floods: Local, national and international

http://www.fema.gov/
United States Federal Emergency Management Agency.
http://www.ema.gov.au/
Emergency Management Australia.

2.7 Tornadoes

http://www.tornadoproject.com/
Tornado Project.
http://www.stormtrack.org/
StormTrack homepage.

2.8 Tropical cyclones

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
National Hurricane. Center Tropical Prediction Center.
http://www.georesources.co.uk/mitch.htm
GeoResources, Case study of Hurricane Mitch.

2.9 Bushfires in Australia

http://www.csiro.au/science/Bushfires.html
Australian fires huge collection of sites through the CSIRO.

2.10 Serious bushfires in Australia

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au
Country Fire Authority homepage.

2.12 El Niño

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html
NOAA-TAO El Niño Theme Page.
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/enso.different.html
CIRES-NOAA Diagnostics Center homepage.

2.13 El Niño: Its effects

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/
Nova Online, Tracking El Niño

2.14 The restless movement of the Earth

http://www.platetectonics.com/
Website containing information from various sources, about plate tectonics and the causes of earthquakes.

2.15 Volcanoes

http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/entry.html
Annenberg/CPB Exhibits website, Volcanoes page.
http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/index.html
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences: The Active Earth web page.
http://volcano.und.edu
Volcano World. Links to volcano information.

2.16 Earthquakes

http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/earthquake/
Australian Geological Survey Organisation: Earthquake Information web page.
http://www.scsn.org/
The Seismic System for Southern California web page.

2.17 Tsunamis

http://www.pdc.org/
Pacific Disaster Center.

3.2 Is the climate warming?

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/index.html
US Environment Protection Agency, Global Warming site.

3.4 Sea level rise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice#Sinking_of_Venice
Wikipedia entry on the current plan to save Venice from sinking.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venice/about.html
Website for a TV program about Venice flooding. Includes some useful multimedia features.

3.5 The hole in the ozone layer

http://www.ciesin.org/
Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information.

3.6 Acid rain

http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/
US Environmental Protection Agency, Acid Rain.

3.8 Waste in Australia

http://www.cleanup.com.au/au/
Clean Up Day website.

3.10 Species loss

http://www.wwf.org/
World Wildlife Fund site.

3.11 Species loss: Going, going ...

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/
The Rhino Foundation site.

3.12 Species loss: Saved?

http://www.cites.org/
CITES website.

4.2 Global population growth

http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
US Census Bureau: Population Clocks.

4.3 Population dynamics

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
US Census Bureau: IDB Population Pyramids.
http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau.

4.5 China's Population: Still growing

http://www.cpirc.org.cn/en/eindex.htm
China Population Information and Research Center's population clock.

4.7 Two population giants: India and Indonesia

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pihhr/
Harvard's Global Reproductive Health Forum, South Asia site.
http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau.

4.8 The population control debate

http://www.iisd.ca/cairo.html
United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, Population control debate, 1994, Cairo.
http://www.iwhc.org/
International Women's Health Coalition.
http://www.population-security.org/
Center for Research on Population and Security.

4.9 Where do Australian's live?

http://www.abs.gov.au/
Australian Bureau of statistics.

4.10 Changes in Australia's population

http://www.abs.gov.au/
Australian Bureau of statistics.

4.11 How many people should Australia have?

http://www.abs.gov.au/
Australian Bureau of statistics.

4.12 Preparing for an ageing population

http://www.abs.gov.au/
Australian Bureau of statistics.

5.1 How much food is enough?

http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites
The Hunger Site.

5.2 Food supply and health

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/lifeexpectancy.htm
The Human Internet, Life Expectancy web page.

5.3 The green revolution

http://www.indiaonestop.com/Greenrevolution.htm
IndiaOneStop, report by Saby Ganguly on India's Green Revolution.
http://www.foodfirst.org/media/opeds/2000/4-greenrev.html
Food First, Institute for Food and Development Policy, article by Peter Rosset et al., 'Do we need new technology to end hunger?'
http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/english/index.html
World Food Summit, part 6, 'Lessons from the green revolutions: towards and new green revolution.'
http://www.irri.org/
International Rice Institute.

5.4 Do we need a gene revolution?

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/1999-2000/2000rp08.htm
Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library web page.

5.5 Food trade

http://www.wto.org/
World Trade Organisation homepage.
http://www.bridgehead.ca/
Linking local Coffee, tea and cocoa producers to international markets.
http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/mtf/index.html
Community Aid Abroad, trade and investment site, articles and policy documents.

5.6 World food trade issues

http://www.wto.org/
World Trade Organisation homepage.
http://www.bridgehead.ca/
Linking local Coffee, tea and cocoa producers to international markets.
http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/mtf/index.html
Community Aid Abroad, trade and investment site, articles and policy documents.

5.7 Famine

http://www.ucc.ie/famine/ARCHIVE/arch.htm
International Famine Centre, Archived Bulletins.
http://www.30hourfamine.org/
30-Hour Famine web page.

5.10 The value of fresh water

http://www.worldwaterday.org/
World Water Day.

5.12 Large-scale water projects

http://earthshots.usgs.gov/Aral/Aral
Aral Sea Interactive Map site.

5.13 Whose water is it?

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/stories/s60598.htm
ABC News, 7:30 Report transcript, 'Murray River communities blockade highway in fight for water.'

5.14 Water conflicts

http://www.worldwater.org
The World's Water, Water Conflict Chronology.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/water.html
Water in the Middle East, list of Internet resources.

5.15 China's Three Gorges Project

http://irn.org/programs/threeg/
International River Network's China Campaigns: Three Gorges, Yangtze River web site.

6.1 Rich Nations

http://www.oecd.org
OECD, recent data from the Statistics Directorate.

6.2 Where are the rich nations?

http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau.

6.3 The United States: Why is it wealthy?

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
Downloadable American statistical information about income and poverty in the US.


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
National Geographic, maps of the United States.

6.4 The United States: Wealth in City and Country

http://newyork.citysearch.com/feature/4775
Citysearch web page; information about New York.
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/
Citysearch web page; information about Los Angeles.


http://www.ny.com/histfacts/geography.html
New York City's web page; New York geographical and historical information.

6.5 The Unites States and the world

http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Major_Companies/Company_Information/
Links to major company research resources.


6.6 Japan

http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Major_Companies/Company_Information/
Links to major company research resources.

6.9 The European Union

http://hdr.undp.org/
United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2000.

7.1 Why are they poor?

http://www.unicef.org/sowc00/map5.htm
State of the World's Children's Report 2000.
http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau.

7.2 Poverty: Women

http://www.uis.unesco.org/
UNESCO Institute for Statistics homepage.
http://www.unesco.org/education/information/wer/htmlENG/tablesmenu.htm
UNESCO's World Education Indicators web page.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
United Nations Statistical Division.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2005/
Human Development Report 2005.
http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/
World Bank Poverty Net, 'Country Reports on Health, Nutrition, Population, and Poverty'.
http://www.unicef.org/sowc00/stat9.htm
State of the World's Children, 2000.

7.3 Poverty: Children

http://www.unicef.org/sowc99/features.htm
State of the World's Children, 1999.

7.4 Bangladesh: A difficult environment

http://www.planetout.com/pno/search/webdir/Dir/Top/Regional/Asia/Bangladesh/Geography_and_History
PlanetOut web directory page of web links for Bangladesh.

7.6 Bangladesh: Finding solutions

http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Encarta Encyclopedia search page.
http://www.britannica.com/
Encyclopedia Britannica online homepage.
http://www.irn.org/pubs/wp/bangladesh.html
International Rivers Network, Technical review of the Bangladesh flood action plan.

7.7 Mozambique: Background
These sites have been deactivated.

7.8 Problems facing Mozambique

http://www.mozambique.mz/
Mozambique homepage.

7.10 Foreign aid: Does it work?

http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau web site.

8.1 Emerging nations

http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/
Global Education website.

8.4 Malaysia: The claw of the Tiger

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Central Intelligence Agency, World Factbook, Malaysia.
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/asia/malaysia.html
Human Rights Watch, World Report 2001, Malaysia.

8.6 South Korea's rapid development

http://www.csudh.edu/global_options/375Students-Sp96/NorthKorea/Default.htm
North Korea homepage.

9.2 World tourism

http://www.world-tourism.org/
World Tourism Organisation: up-to-date information and statistics about world tourism.

9.3 The value of tourism to Australia

http://www.africam.com
AfriCam, the world's first virtual game reserve.

9.6 Bali: Dealing with tourist problems

http://baliwww.com/index.php
Bali Tourism.

9.8 World heritage sites: What are they?

http://www.unesco.org/
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

9.10 Ecotourism + 9.11 What is an ecotour?

http://www.sharkbay.asn.au/
Visitors Guide to Shark Bay.
http://www.penguins.org.au/
Phillip Island Penguin Parade information.
http://www.adventuresportsonline.com/
Adventure Sports homepage.
http://www.bzecotourism.org/
Belize EcoTourism Association (BETA) homepage.
http://www.ecotourism.org.au/
Ecotourism Association of Australia homepage.
http://www.planeta.com/panama.html
Panama Ecotourism homepage.
http://www.ecoisland.ca/
Ecotourism.
http://www.journeys.travel/
Journeys International ecotourism homepage.
http://www.africasafari.co.za/
African Safaris and Ecotourism homepage.
http://www.ecotourism.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/templates/eco_template_news.aspx?articleid=12&zoneid=25
International Ecotourism Society homepage.

9.13 Tourists in Antarctica

http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/
Virtual tour of Antarctica.