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1. General and gateways

2. Urban geography, housing and planning (incl. transportation and communication)
a. General and gateways
b. Research entres
z. Other

3. Economic geography, regional science
a. General and gateways
b. Research centres
c. Working paper collections
z. Other

4. Third World / development studies
a. General and gateways
z. Other

5. Theoretical, historical, critical, cultural, political and feminist geography
a. General and gateways
z. Other (2 links)

6. Demography, migration studies, medical geography
a. General and gateways
b. Research centres
z. Other

7. Statistics, computer applications and general modelling
a. General and gateways
z. Other

8. Cartography, GIS, geo-information science, remote sensing and geodesy
a. General and gateways
z. Other

9. Geomorphology and glaciology (and earth sciences in general)
a. General and gateways
b. Research centres
z. Other

10. Hydrology, coastal and marine studies
a. General and gateways
z. Other

11. Landscape studies, erosion and land use, soil science
a. General and gateways
z. Other

12. Environmental policy studies and environmental studies in general
a. General and gateways
b. Research centres
z. Other

13. Environmental science, ecohydrology
a. General and gateways
z. Other
 

 

1. General and gateways

About.com: Geography

Well ordered and up to date American  information gateway to all geography subjects; the site also includes a newsletter and geography chat and is maintained by Matt Rosenberg, 19980901

Bibliogeo
Modest general geography reading list of French language monograph literature, by  G. Testaz, Gymnase cantonal du Bugnon, Lausanne,19990318

Books On-line: Geography etc.

Gateway to books and text that are available full text on the WWW, 19980831

BUBL LINK: 910 Geography and travel
Part of the general internet guide BUBL, based on the Dewey classification, 19980831
CTI Geography, geology and meteorology at Leicester Univ.) - information gateway
Well ordered and up to date British information gateway to all geography subjects, 19980901
Cyberstacks - Geography, anthropology and recreation
Geo section of the general internet directory Cyberstacks, based on the Libraryof Congress classification, 19980901
GeoGuide
Very thorough classification of over 1,600 websites, includes browsing and searching facilities and quality indication, by the University Library Göttingen, Germany 19990916
Krumme's Geography Resources and Reading Lists TOPSOURCE
Breathtaking topical collection of  hundreds of annotated reading/resource lists by Günter Krumme, Washington University. Topics range from the very general (Afrika, services, transportation etc.) to the very detailed (car sharing programs, hotelling matrix, homelessness, homelessness, pizza franchise site selection, Werner Sombart, tobacco industry etc.) Although the site has some rough edges it will prove very useful for almost any geographer, especially those engaged in economic geography and business studies. 20000225
Online Resources for Earth Scientists
Information gateway for geography, geosciences, agrciculture and biology with references to newsgroups, listservs, journals, datasets and research institutes by a consultant company, 19980831
Global change master directory (GCMD) TOPSOURCE
Information gateway to thousands of earth science data sets and resources related to global change, maintained by NASA, 20000414
NISS: 91 GEOGRAPHY
Part of the general internet directory NISS, indicating the type of resource - telnet, WWW, gopher or FTP; also provides annotations, by the British National Information Services and Sytems (NISS), 19980831
SOSIG: Geography
Part of the general social science internet directory maintained by a network of British academic librarians, 19980903

2. Urban geography, housing and planning

a. General and gateways
 

Directory of Internet Resources on the Intersection of Women, Gender and Feminism with Urban Planning

Directory of discussion groups, journals, bibliographies etc., 19981019

Housing Information Gateway

Gateway to housing sites (listed by country), housing professionals and housing discussion lists. By Willem van Vliet, Boulder, CO, USA (author of the Encyclopedia of Housing). 20010206

Resource for urban design information (RUDI)

News, events and resources in urban design. Especially useful are the listings of bibliographies, case studies and design guides. Scope is mainly UK, with some international links. Rudi is coordinated at Oxford Brookes University and funded by the UK higher education funding councils. 20001005

Virtual Library on Urban Environmental Management

Directory of resources on urban environmental management; inclueds a.o. documents, a diary, weblinks and statistics; maintained at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, 20010504

b. Research centres

Center for Urban and regional Policy (Northeastern University, Boston)
Centre for Urban History (Leicester, UK)

z. Other

ACI Traffic data - the world's busiest airport

Airport statistics, basics for almost 750 airports and detailed figures for 30 airports. By the Airports Council International, 19991008

Best Practices for Human Settlements Database TOPSOURCE

self description: "This searchable database contains over 1100 proven solutions from more than 120 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical ways in which communities, governments and the private sector are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development."

The database gives free access to the basic search functions (by subject, ecosystem, scale or region) and to summaries of best practices. The see full records one needs to subscribe. By UNCHS (Habitat), The Together Foundation and Dubai Municipality. 20000711

The Caversham Project: space, time, gender and the urban opportunity structure

Research project focussing on the urban social geography in the burough of Carversham, New Zealand, by the University of Otago. Includes full text papers, 19990527

Carfree Cities

Netherlands based site promoting 'carfree' initiatives as a solution to urban transport problems, by J.H. Crawford, 19990827

Cities/Buildings Archive

Database of photographs of cities and buildings, organised by country and city, with basic information on each slide, compiled by Meredith L. Clausen of the University of Washington, 19990111

Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers PDF

Listing (8th edition) of over 100 transportation libraries and information centres, full text in PDF format, pepared for the Special Libraries Association by Susan Dresley, 19990527

Espace: The Electronic Space Project

Research project with yearly conference focusing on the socio-economic consequences and spatial context of ICT development. By Kenneth E. Corey and Mark Wilson of Michican State University. 19991206

Eurex - Online seminar on Urban Transformation, Poverty, Spatial Segregation and Social Exclusion (1999-2000)

Online international urban sociology/geography seminar with participants from Italy, France, Belgium, UK, Netherlands and Spain. With papers, and moderated scheduled discussion by way of chat. Papers and transcipts of the chat sessions are available. The project is supported by the European Union and also interesting as an example of how such a seminar can be organised. 20000613

Open to Europe, Geography Sub-project

Cooperation of reseachers from various European countries result in this project on urban change, 19990111

Geography of cyberspace directory

A listst of  information resources that help us measure and map the new virtual geographies of the Internet, the Web and Cyberspace. Links to websites with information on spread, usage, access, history, infrastructure, commercial opportunities and maps of the internet, by Martin Dodge, University College London, 19990422

Globalization and world cities study group and network (GaWC)

Research network for the study of the relation between globalisation and wolrd cities.Currently boosts a world city map, some data sets, a research bulletin and research project descriptions. Founded by Peter Hall and Saskia Sassen and directed by Peter Taylor and John Beaverstock at the University of Loughborough. 20010112

H-Urban syllabi archive

Collection of web syllai on the subject of urban history, with author and city index.By the H-Urban discussion network. 20010112

International Association of Cities and Ports

Association of mainly port authorities, organising filedtrips and conferences on city/port planning, 19990907

International Seminar on Urban Form

self description: "[ISUF..] seeks to advance research and practice in fields concerned with the built environment. Its members are drawn from several disciplines, including architecture, geography, history, sociology and town planning. It promotes conferences, publishes a journal Urban Morphology and provides and international framework for communication between members." 20001020

Jane's Transport

Authoritative research institute and publisher in the field of technology and business. The transport section has a good market news overview and more specific mnews in the news briefs. Jane's main products are not freely available! 20010618

Megacities 2000

Foundation initiated by UNESCO to provide information on the largest cities of the world and their specific problems. Modest site featuring a forum, and (in the near future) statistics and other factual information. Also access to the texts of the yearly Megacities 2000 lectures (by Peter Hall and Saskia Sassen, a.o.). 19991026

Project Gigalopolis

Research project on the mapping and modelling of supra-megalopolis urban structures, using the Clarke urban growth model, including downlading facilities for the model, by the University of California at Santa Barbara and the USGS, 19990329

Sustainable Urban Travel

EU supported gateway by libraries of Universities of Nottingham, Graz and Freiburg, offering a large bibliography, and a directory of organizations and webistes, 19990222

Tell Hamoukar expedition

Expedition site with first report of the 1999 excavations by a University of Chicago Oriental School and the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums team at the Tell Hamoukar site in Northern Syria. Major findings indicate the existence of a relatively large city before 3,500 BC, predating most other ancient towns found elsewhere (such as Ur) and much larger than some of the older settlements found (such as Jericho). The findings may change ideas about the earliest urban history. By the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.With links to reports in the press. By 20000605

The Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP)

Research effort in USA to improve travel demand modelling; includes clearinghouse with abstracts, 19990312

Towards a comprehensive geographical perspective on urban sustainability - final report of the NSF workshop PDF

Link to PDF version of the 29 page (US) National Science Foundation report of the 1998 workshop defining the concept of urban sustainability. 20000229

Transport Demand Management EncyclopaediaTOPSOURCE

self description: "Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is the general term for actions that encourage more efficient use of existing transportation systems. It includes a wide range of specific strategies. This encyclopedia is designed to be a primary source of information about TDM. It provides detailed information on more than three dozen specific TDM strategies."

Very useful and systematic overview of strategies to improve transportation efficiency. For each strategy there is a description of travel impacts, benefits and costs, equity considerations and applications, with statistics and links to real world initiaves and cases. Each entry has a list of references, many of which are on-line. The strategies included are in 5 categories (Policy And Institutional Reforms, TDM Programs and Program Support, Improved Transport Choice, Incentives To Use Alternative Modes and Reduce Driving, Land Use Management) and include road pricing, park&ride, congestion pricing, telework, new urbanism, flextime, ride sharing, fuel tax increases etc. The only drawback is its strong US bias. By the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. 20000615

 Transportation Research Group (Southampton)

British organization acting as a network of transportation research professionals. It is part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton, but has incorporates some national (UK) and international initiaves such as the young transportation professionals network. 20000114

Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (UIC) / International Union of Railways

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

Housing organisation of the UN, includes full text report of the Instanbul Declaration and the Habitat Agenda, as well as information on the 'Urban Indicators' monitoring programme, 19981101

UN Statistics Division: Capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants

City and agglomeration population figures for from the UN Demographic Yearbook; figures date from 4-10 years back, 19990112

Urban Planning, 1794-1918: An International  Anthology of Articles, Conference Papers, and Reports

Abstracts, reviews and primary source material (174 texts) for the study of pre-1918 urban planning history. By John W. Reps, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA. 19990104

Urban Mobility Network

Commercial gateway to urban mobility information, incl. daily transport news, experts, organizations, mailing lists etc., a joint initiative of the European Parking Association, the International Road Federation,  the European Asphalt Pavement Association and  the International Geosynthetics Society, 19990304

Urban Transport Models - A review

Full text of working paper reviewing serveral urban transport models, 19990222

3. Economic geography: regional science

a. General and gateways

Gardner's World Economics
Well organised collection of links related to the content of Gardner's textbook Comparative Economic Systems, includes many links to the economic systems of countries and macro-regions, 19981008
WebEc TOPSOURCE
Probably the most comprehensive directory of WWW links in economics. For each subdiscipline it lists numerous guides, collections, institutions, publications and often further links to news, communication initiatives, courses and many other, more specialised resources. WebEc is part of the WWW Virtual Library and is maintained by Lauri Saarinen of the Helsinki School for Economics, Finland, 19990719

b. Research centres

c. Working paper collections

Regional Economic Performance, Governance and Cohesion in an Enlarged Europe - project working papers

z. Other

Corporate Information
One of the many starting points to find corporate information, Corporate Information is a user friendly and free database of over 300,000 companies with financial info and analysis. 20000623
Corruption Perception Index / Bribe Payers Index
Consultancy firm Transpancy International compiles figures estimating the degree one is likely to be prone to corruption or bribery in diffrerent countries. This sites gives the actual data as well as explanation of the concepts and measurement. 19991105
Cyber-Geography-Research
Research papers and links to resources on the geography of cyberspace, with information on the geographical biases in internet use, availability and internet infrastructure networks, includes newsletter (see also category IX.19), by Martin Dodge of University College London, 19990401
Fortune 500 | Introduction
500 largest companies in the USA, with financial information and links to company websites, 19980831
Hettner Lecture 1999
Information on the lecture by Prof. Michael Watts (UC, Berkeley) on "Marx, Malthus and the Search for Alternatives", 19990614
High Tech Industrial Zones
What have Kulim (Malaysia), Hsinchu (Taiwan), Bangalore (India), Cambridge (UK) and Sophia-Antipolis (France) in common? They are the sites of succesful high tech industrial zones. This website contains resources/reading lists for studying high tech industrial zones (otherwise known as science parks, brain parks, silicon valley/alley/glen/fen/wadi/archipelago, intelligent island, technopole, multimedia-super-corridor etc.). It includes references to jounals, journals articles websites. Countries covered are:  Canada, Israel, China, Japan, Finland, Malaysia, France, Singapore, Germany, Taiwan, India, United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States. Provided by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library. Some of the on-line materials have access restricted to HKUST campus. 19991213
National Bureau of Economic research (USA) Online data
Gateway to economic datasets available online, such as the Penn World Tables, 19981127
Dun and Bradstreet Globalseek
Permits searches on database of over 26 million companies worldwide; users must register; basic address information is free, 19981127
Qualisteam
Multilingual banking and finance portal. Links to thousands of bank websites (with indication of internet banking services), forum, large banking bookstore. Links to stock exchanges and financial markets. 20000328
Runaway World - The Reith Lectures 1999
Five lectures on globalisation by sociologist Anthony Giddens, available in text, audio and video, including discussion and E-mail debate. At the BBC website, 19990510
Thomas Register of European Manufacturers (TREM)
Free access to database of over 140,000 European mnaufacturing companies; users must register, 19981127

4. Third World development studies

a. General and gateways

b. Other
 

Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001, back issues: 2000PDF

This year's Global Economic Prospects report by the World Bank "focuses on international trade and discusses policies that are required if developing countries are to benefit from global integration". Released 20001205. The apendices contain coutnry forecasts of real gdp growth and other indicators and of commodity prices. 20001215

Human Development Report, specific editions: 2000, 1999PDF

Full text of the major UNDP report on economic and social well being in the countries of the world. Inludes figures on the Human Development Index. Available editions: 1999 and 2000. For editions 1990-1998 there are no full-texts, but extensive overviews available

ID21

ID21 provides infromation on recent and current development research conducted in the UK or by researches affiliated to UK institutes. Fully searchable and browsable database, 19990913

Institute of Development Studies PDF

Large University of Sussex (UK) based institute conducting research and providing courses and training on development. Provides access to the British Library for Development Studies, full text working papers in PDF, 19990913

International Federation of Settlements & Neighbourhood Centres (IFS)

Organisation that strives to bring together community-based multi-purpose organisations that work with people to improve the quality of life in their neighbourhoods and promote a fair society, 19990111

International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)

The IICD promotes development through increased use of (electronic) communication. The website has some full text publications on ICT development and access gaps (between and within countries, rural/urban etc.) and describes projects in some focal countries. There is also a monthly bulletin. 20010420

IRD: Institut de recherche pour le développement (was: Orstom)

Large French research institute for developing studies, with huge expertise in Africa. The site features archives, research outlines, multimedia subsites and much more. 20000128

State of Food and Agriculture 1999 (FAO Report)

Press release and link to HTML version of this yearly report on the worldwide state of food and agriculture. Data in the report show decline of undernourishment acroos the globe, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. Some previous editions are available as well: 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998. By the UN Food and Agricultral Organisation (FAO). 19991209

State of Food Insecurity in the World 1999 (FAO Report) PDF
Press release and link to PDF version of full text of this report on food insecurity which is the daily reality for 790 million people in 1999. Despite decline of this number from 830 million in 1996, the goals set back then will probably not be achieved. By the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). 19991209
World Development Report 2000/01 consultation draft PDF
The new WDR, to be published in September, is already available in draft. For the first time there is an online consultation conference for this report, between Feb. 21 and March 31. This years thme is Attakin Poverty. The site links to the "Bretton Woods Project" with all information on how to join the consultation. 20000211
World Development Report 1999/00 (access to full text) and back issues 1992-1998 PDF
This year's World Development Report, a World bank publication,  the twenty-second in this annual series, examins the processes of "globalization and localization—the integration of the world economy and the increasing demand for local autonomy"; includes 21 world comparative tables, 19990927
World Development Report 1998/99 (access to full text) and back issues 1992-1997 PDF
This year's World Development Report, a World bank publication,  the twenty-first in this annual series, examines the role of knowledge in advancing economic and social well-being; includes 21 world comparative tables, 19981008
World Development Sources
Full text of most (i.e. thousands) of the World Bank documents, fully searchable, 19990824
World Income Inequality Database (WIID) [online HTML or offline MS Acces file, 1 MB)
UNU/UNDP site with figures on income inequality. Part of the UNU/UNDP research project entitled “Rising Income Inequality and Poverty Reduction: Are They Compatible?” 20000211
self description: "Developed over the period 1997-99, the World  Income Inequality Database                   (WIID) provides information on income inequalities at both cross-country and time series levels. It presents data on changes in income inequality over the period 1950-98, with a particular focus on the period since 1980 for 149 countries. It will be continuously updated.  It substantially expands on the 1997 Deininger-Squire           (World Bank) database of the World Bank, which forms about half of the current database."
development research centres:
International Development Research Centre (Ottawa, Canada)

5. Theoretical, historical, critical, cultural, political and feminist geography

a. General and gateways

z. Other

Around the world in the 1890s

Over 900 photograhps form the world transportation commision, 1894-1896. Photographs taken by the American photographer William Henry Jackson on his travels through North Africa and Asia. Topics include transportation (railroads, ships, camels, rickshaws) but also city scenes. Browsable by subject and country. By the Library of Congress, USA. 20000404

Eric Riback's list of geography songs

Very long list of popular songs with references to geographical entities. These are mostly cities in the US, but here are also songs about states, rivers, mountains and cities and countries outside the US, from Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street to Billy Joel's Zanzibar. By Eric Riback, VA, USA. 20000327

Geo Crítica

Critical geography site providing publication series and a newsletter on web resources. There is also information on research programmes and a list of individuals forming an internetional critical geography network. The site is related to the Geography Department of the University of Barcelona and is mostly in Spanish. 20000121.

Internet discussion in internationalising geography in higher education

Internet discussion which preludes the session "Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education" at the AAG conference in Honoloulu; includes nine full text papers on the theme and numerous comments on these papers, 19990311

Latitude - changed knowledge of the world

Educational site teaching the importance of the 'discovery' of latitude for navigation. Presents a broad view with sections on navigation, maps, ships, sailing, weather, astronomy etc., by Patricia Seed, Rice University, 19990603

International Critical Geography Group (ICCG)

Forum for critical and radical geographers, set up in 1997 at the first conference. This site holds information on international and regional meetings, a bulletin board and a mailing list. It also has a resolution supporting those who oppose conservatism in the Japan Association of Economic Geographers, inlcuding a long article by Neil Smith on globalization and conservatism of the national associations of geographers, 19990921

self description: "The International Critical Geography Group (ICGG) is comprised of geographers and non-geographers committed to developing the theory and practice necessary for combating social exploitation and oppression. We have formed this international association to provide an alternative to the increasingly institutionalised and corporate culture of universities. We believe that a 'critical' practice of our discipline can be a political tool for the remaking of local and global geographies into a more equal world."

National Geographic interview in Public Interest radio programme AUDIO

Link to a Real Audio file with a 'Public Interest' radio interview broadcast 20000107 on the history of the National Geographic Society and geography in general. By WAMU, the American University Radio in the Washington DC area. 20000710

The People's Geography Project

from the self description: "The major goal of the People's Geography Project is to popularize and make even more relevant and useful to ordinary people the important, critical ways of understanding the complex geographies of everyday life that geographers have and continue to develop."

The project comprises the publication of a book and a series of documentaries on the social geography of the US. By Neil Smith, Andrew Herod and Cindy Katz, a.o. The site is very much in its initial phase and it will probably take a few months for it to get some body. 20010323

Ptolemy's Geography

Full text of Ptolemy's Geography, with maps (based on Ptolemy's coordinates), annotations and introduction, by Bill Thayer. 20000328

Seminar für Historische Geographie - Bonn, Germany

6. Demography, migration studies, medical geography

a. General and gateways

NIDI Demographic links - comprehensive list

Links to demographic research, organisations, conferences and software, 20020315

b. Research centres

Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

Main Dutch demographic reasearch centre. 20020315

z. Other

John Snow

Well designed site on the life and works of John Snow, the famous 19th century London physicist and epdemiologist who first related cholora to water pump infection using maps. The site features many navigable maps of Victorian London and original texts, including one form The Lancet, questioning the role maps played in the discovery of the source of infection. By Ralph R. Freirichs of the University of Calinornia, Los Angeles (UCLA). 20000710

Just Another Medical Geography Page

General information on the history of medical geography and its current research interests. Provides valuable links to research centres, articles, discussion grouops, online health atlasses and more. It is unclear whether the site is still maintained. By B.W. Hall.20000710

Metropolis - Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis

International site of a network of national sites aiming to share research results and policy experiences. The Metropolis partnership, now from twenty countries and a  number of international research and policy organizations, represents a wide range of policy and academic interests. Offers discussion, virtual libraries, expert search, conference proceedings etc, 19990720

Population pyramid, creating a ~ in Excel

Online tutorial for creating simple population pyramids using MS Excel (or any other spreadsheet program). By James Koennicke and Amy Glasmeier, Penn State Univ, PA, USA. 20000307

Population Reference Bureau

Non-profit U.S. research centre and information bureau for US and world demographic statistics and studies. Publishes the Population Outlook and World Population Data Sheet, also availabe online, 19990422

Push and pull factor of international migration

Research project studying push and pull factors of migration from the Mediterranean bassin and Africa into EU countries. Joint effort of Eurostat (EU statistical bureau) and NIDI (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute) entrusted by the European Commision. The website offers research description and preliminary results. 20000602

State of the world population 1999: 6 billion - a time for choices

Full text of the United Nations Population Fund report released 19990922 highlighting Earth's 6 billionth inhabitant to be born October 12, this year, 19990924

The Hague Forum / ICPD +5 (8-12 Feb. 1999)

The UNFPA international conference on population and development, with papers, declarations, agenda, 19990211

The World Health Report 2000 Health Systems: Improving Performance PDF

Full text and tables of the first WHO comparative report on the effectiveness of the world's health systems. The report ranks France's health system 1st, that of the US 37th. The analysis is not just on health sector expenditure, but also on its fairness and some other variables. The statistical annexes carry the detailed results of the survey. There is also a wealth of demographic information in this report. The WHO uses DALE, a life expectancy measure that is adjusted for disability. Tables are available in Excel format as well, although these files do not seem to open properly. 20000623

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Migration and Ethnic Relations

WWW Virtual Library: Demography & Population Studies

7. Statistics, computer applications and general modelling

a. General and gateways
b. Other

8. Cartography, GIS, remote sensing and geodesy
a. General and gateways

GIS Lounge
Former About.com gateway to GIS by Caitlin Dempsey, with an up-to-date webdirectory, a newsletter and some basic texts on GIS, careers in GIS and US resources. The directory has sections of Digital Elevation Models, formats, ArcView resources, tutorials,  urban land use and many others. Especially strong in US resources. 20020530
Oddens's Bookmarks
Over 19000 links to map resources of all kind, searchable and browsable, by Roelof Oddens, Map Librarian of the Facualty of Geographical Sciences of the Utrecht University. This site complements Geosource, as Geosource does not provide links to maps. 20020530

Remote Sensing - some interesting WWW-pages

Well-sorted links to remote sensing resources, by Paul Mather of Nottingham University, UK, 19990325
WWW Virtual Library: Remote Sensing
Links to remote sensing resources, 19990212

z. Other

The CEO Programme (Centre for Earth Observation)

Poilicy platform to encourage the use of Earth Observation products. It is one of the projects within the European Commission's Fifth Framework research programme, 19990916

ESRI Canada Schools and Libraries Program

Commercial site supporting the use of GIS in schools and libraires with software, tutorials, lesson packs etc. The content of the site is mostly not Canada-specific. 20000114.

GIS Data Depot

GIS data supplier with worldwide ambition; offers possibility to select data by country, 19990212

Netherlands Earth Observation Network (Neonet)

Network of research organisations involved in remote sensing and other forms of earth obeservation, 19990526

Remote Sensing for Decision Makers

Special at FAO site focussing on 6 topics: Aquaculture, Morocco | Forest management, Morocco | Rangeland assessment, Morocco | Groundwater exploration, Syria | Forest fire management. Poland | Forest decline assessment, Poland, 19990707

Terra, the EOS flagsip

Terra is NASA's flagship Earth Obersving System, launced December 1999. This site has the latest images for Terra's five sensors. NASA Visible Earth has the older images. 20010323

Visible Earth

Searchable and browseable directory of some 2000 images, visualizations and animations of earth made by NASA earth observing systems (such as Terra, Space Shuttle, Galileo, Landsat etc.). Browseable by subject, location and sensor. 20010323

9. Geomorphology and glaciology (and earth sciences in general)

a. General and gateways

Global Change Master Directory
A comprehensive directory of information on earth science data sets, by NASA, 19990316
WWW-Virtual Library: Earth Sciences
Information gateway containing links to organisations, events, software and other resources, 19980831

b. Research centres

Alfred Wegener Institute / Foundation for Polar and Marine research - Bremerhaven, Germany

z. Other

Canadian LandscapesTOPSOURCE
Collection of high-quality photographs of typical landforms in the Canadian landscape. Among others there are pictures of columnar till, deformed bedrock, meandering river, buried valley, U-shaped valley, glaciers, drumlins, string bogs, trimlines, hoohoos, alluvial fans, pingo's, endmoraine, kettles, delta's, eskers, gabbro, solifluction, mudboils, goosenecks, landslides and many more. They all come with a short description. Very useful for finding photographic illustrations of landforms.
The photos were taken by scientists of the Geological Survey of Canada during the last 30 years. Very few of these images have been published and rarely in colour. This section is expanding from east to west. There are search and browse (by province) options and also the possibility to use an interactieve map viewer, which has to be downloaded. Part of the Natural Resources Canada website. 20001103
Canadian Ice Service
Information gateway to (Canadian) ice research, models, atlases, terminology, satellite and radar pictures Part of the immensy large Environment Canada website. 20001201
December 1999-February 2000 climate in Historical Perspective
This site puts the extremes of this winter in the Northern hemisphere in pespective. The warmest winter on record in the U.S. and one of the coldest and longest in Mongolia. Here you find maps and timeseries of global temperature anomalies for the past months as well as detailed global and regional analyses. By the (US) NOAA/National Climatic Data Center. 20000317
Electronic Volcano, The
self description: "The Electronic Volcano is a window into the world of information on active volcanoes. From here you can find many types of materials on active volcanoes worldwide, such as maps, photographs and full texts of dissertations and a few elusive documents. The Electronic Volcano will guide you to resources in libraries or resources on other information servers." Includes volcano listings, gateway to other volcano directories, information on finding volcano literature and specialists, details of volcano discussion list, directory of volcano organisations. Unfortunately onlo minor updates after 1997. Edited by faculty of Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA, 19991021
El Niño/La Niña Watch
NASA service presenting "images and news releases based on observations of the El Niño/La Niña phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon and other NASA/JPL satellites and instruments", 19990903
Fundamentals of physical geography
Online textbook by Michael J. Pidwirny, Ph.D., Department of Geography, Okanagan University College, USA. Includes an extensive glossary. 20010323
Geoclio
"Webserver for the History of Geology and the Geosciences". With meetings, discussions groups and links on thee history of the discipline. of By Dean A. Dunn, University of Southern Mississippi. 20001117
Glossary of volcanic hazards
Specialised glossary by the USGS, 19990422
Global Climate Change Student Guide
Full text guide to global climate change. Texts is well structured and conscise. Navigation is clear but basic. By the Manchester Metropolitan University, 20031114
History of Geology and the Geosciences
One of the few sites related to geoscience history. With news, conferences, Cofrhigeo publications, a book list, web resources, a message borad and a bibliographie of (mailny French) literature. At the Paris Ecole des Mines site. By the Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie (Cofrhigeo). 20000605
Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms
General geology glosary with a few links to graphics and further information, by Steven M. Richardson. Iowa State University, 19990422
Karst Research Institute - Postojna, Slovenia
Marine Icing Pages
Marine Icing projects, research and newsletter, at the university of Alberta, Canada, 19990323
National Hurricane Center (NHC of NOAA, USA)TOPSOURCE
Government agency providing active hurricane information by the hour, with predictions, warnings, maps, satellite and radar images and tables as well as extensive information on historical hurricanes and the effects of hurricane strikes. Focuss is on Atlantic and Pacific areas surrounding the USA. By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 19990916
Paleoclimatology program of NOAA
Extensive program of research on past climates by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the National Geophysical Data Center (US). Access to data (e.g. borehole) from around the world, explanation of relevance of paleoclimatology and overviews of research and educational programmes. 19991203
Palaeomap Project
Earth maps and research findings for each of earth's geological periods. These maps may answer simple questions such as where was Gondwana or Pangaea, what was earth like in Middle Silurian or when did North and South China come together? It also depicts the supercontinent that may form in the next 250 million years. There are six Java-based animations available for download. By Christopher R. Scotese. 20000221
Stromboli online
Colourful website in English Italian and German on monitoring volcano activity worldwide. Includes links to some 20 live webcams of volcano sites, including the Etna. Also features an archive of eruptions with maps and photographs. By Jürg Alean, geographer, Switzerland and Roberto Carniel, seismologist, Italy. 19991019
Terrestrial impact craters
Short overview of craters formed by meteoroids, asteroid or comets colliding with planet earth. Contains handy list of some 13 craters (ranging form less than 1 klimoter to over 100 kilometers). One of the largest is the famous Yucatan crater formed by asteroid collision 65 million years ago. The impact was responsible for destroying much of the life on earth, including the dinosoaurs. With photographs. 20000306
The Virtual Geomorphology
Web-based geomophology "textbook", in fact a large and well-maintained directory that is a cooperative effort coordinatinated by Zbigniew Zwolinski of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. Poland, 19990422
The Virtual Geosciences Professor TOPSOURCE
Database of geoscience educational material on the web. Most of the nearly 5000 entries are course pages, but there are also links to fieldtrip descriptions, handouts etc. Compiled by John C. Butler of the Geosciences Department, University of Houston, USA. 20010323
The Slumgullion Earth flow: A Large-Scale Natural Laboratory
Full text of the book and virtual fieldtrip of the Slumgullion landslides in Colorado, USA. Contains zoomable set of photographs of various parts of the landslide. By the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 19990610
Volcanoes online
Thinkquest website contest nominee form the Netherlands, containing explanation of plate tectonics, a glossary of technical terms related to volcanoes, a databse of individual volcanoes and some fun and trivia, 19981022
Volcano World
Gateway to volcano related sites. With recent eruptions, an extensive volcano list with details on all volcanoes listed, an "Ask a volcanologist" service, teaching resources etc. By a team of specialists, mainly from the University of North Dakota. 20001219
WorldClimate
World climate data. This service brings together climate data from many different sources. One can enter a placename and receive basic climate data, 19990201
World Glacier Inventory [US mirror of the Swiss original]
Database of over 71,000 glaciers, available through WWW and FTP. Web access is easy using map navigation and ticking required variables. "Parameters within the inventory include: geographic location, area, length, orientation, elevation, and classification of morphological type and moraines. The inventory entries are based upon a single observation in time and can be viewed as a "snapshot" of the glacier at this time. These data are collected and digitized by the World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland" (from the self-description). 20000314
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)
Zürich based research centre led by Professor Haeberli. The site offers online versions of the 'Fluctuations of Glaciers' and 'Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin' publications. Their database of thousands of glaciers is not currentlyonline at this site but at the World Glacier Inventory (see above). 20010306

10. Hydrology, coastal and marine studies

a. General and gateways

WWW Virtual Library: Oceanography

z. Other
 

 
International Year of the Ocean 1998
Information on activities and events taking place, the ocean Charter, conferences, news, classroom links, 19981016
Calculating the threat of tsunami
A report by the Australian Academy of Science describing advances in the prediction of tsunami, the devastating waves that recently hit the coast of Papua New Guinea, 19990610
Oceanography form the space shuttle
Space (shuttle) images of islands, coastlines, esturaries, meteorological features (winds, clouds, convestion), ewakes, pollution and wave types. The pictures are relatively small, but large high resolution files (up to 10 megabytes) are available for downloading. Pictures, mostly dating from the 1980s, come with short explanatory notes. By the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the Office of Naval Research, United States Navy. 20000306
World Day for Water 2000
Multilingual UNESCO site addressing the problems of water supply and protection, with various UN statements. Site will develop further in the months to come. 19991220
Water Conlict Chronology
Well research lists of water instigated conflicts around the world form the conflict between Pisa and Florence over the Arno river in 1503 to the current (2000) conflict over the Zambezi between Namibia, Zanbia and Botswana. With references. By Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security. 20001215

11. Landscape studies, erosion and land use, soil science
 

Pedosphere and its dynamics

General introductory soil science handbook, in full text. Interactivity (self-tests) is not free. Book written by Noorallah G. Juma, 19990907

a. General and gateways

b. Other

Mountain Forum

Meeting place of individuals and organizsations concerned with the sustainable development of mountain areas. Resulted from the 1992 Earth Summit. Has regional sections, with specialised discussion lists for Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and North America and links to local and national organisations. Also co-hosts a special mountain geography maling list (together with the AAG). Up to date calendar of events, orogenic world atlas. Mountain Forum is builing an online library and reference database of mountain related documents. 19990726

12. Environmental policy studies and environmental studies in general

a. General and gateways
 

Amazing Environmental Organization Webdirectory

Information gateway providing access to thousands of environmental resources, including many resources on products and initiatives, maintained by volunteers of the American 'Amazing Environmental Organization', 20030203

CIESIN - Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Independent organisation providing access to many geographical databases and the full text of  international environmental treaties, 19980831

EarthtrendsTOPSOURCE

Environment information portal of the World Resources Institute. For each of ten main environmental topics (marine, freshwater, climate, population, business, energy, biodiversity, agriculture, forests, governance) the site boosts a searchable database, data tables, country profiles, maps and features. Many of the data overlap with yearly world resources publication, but the maps and features already go way further than the paper publication. 20030103

Envirolink Library

Information gateway to all environmental subjects, including news, organizations, punlications and events, 20030203

Environmental sites on the internet

Large environment gateway to websites, with hunderds of specialised subject headings. By Larsgöran Strandberg of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 19990916

Environmental Sustainability Index PDF

Access to PDF file with proposal to develop the environmental sustainability index, an environmental performance tool. Presently it ranks some 50 countries. Presented at the february 2000 World Economic Forum. The developers aim to prssent the final rpoduct at the 2001 WEF meeting in Davos. By the Global Leaders of Tomorrow (GLT) Environment Task Force. 20030203

IISD Linkages - a multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers

Information on ongoing (international) environmental negatiations (e.g. Convenetion on Wetlands, Convention to Combat Desertification). By the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), with possibility for updates by Email. 20030203

Industrial Transformation Science Plan

Industrial Transformation is a core science project of the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) on Global Environmental Change. It has resultated in a plan for coordinated research for the period 2000-2005 with the "goal of understanding the ways in which society could combine economic and social development with the reduction of pressure on the environment". The plan consists of a chapter outlining the improtant global environmental changing prompting the research, a chapter outlining the need for multidiciplinary and systems approaches. There is also chapter on often neglected international and geographic contexts in which trnasformation ressearch will take place. And then of course a chapter on research foci. A description of programmatic links with other research efforts rounds up the main part of the plan. The report is well referenced  and illustrated with tables and graphs. Edited by Pier Vellinga and Nadia Herb of the Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). 20030203

National Council for Science and the Environment

US organisation fostering environmental research. This site is a valuable gateway to environmental information. There are lists of online 'state of the environment reports' (US and non-US), links to hundreds of environmental journals with freeonline access (in some caes partial) and 'The Daily Planet' with links to environmental news servies. 20000928

Sustainable development dimensions

Very extensive site by the UN Food and Agricultaural Organisation (FAO); contains up to date news, resources, special reports, analysis and discussion in ten 'dimensions': women and development, peoples participation, land tenure, rural administration & cooperatives, research & technology, extension & education, information, policy, planning & management and energy, 20030203

World Environmental Library

Full text virtual library of environment books and documents. The World Environment Library 1.0 was developed in December 1999. It contains 400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas and solutions in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management and Water. By the university of Waikato, New Zealand. 20030203

WWW Virtual Library: Environment

Webdirectory. 20030203

WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development

Webdirectory. 20030203

b. Research centres
 

CESSE - Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment - Leuven, Belgium

z. Other

Automaker pollution lineup PDF
Ranking of car manufacturers on basis of smog forming and global warming emissions. The page offers an executive summary and a link to the full text in PDF. The big three US producers score worst in this ranking. By the union of concerned scientists. 20000404
Carbon sequestration - state of the science PDF
Full text of the Department of Energy (USA) report on the capture and storage of carbon dioxide, available online and in PDF-format, 19990511
Co-management of natural resources
Online text by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, M. Taghi Farvar, Jean Claude Nguinguiri and Vincent Awa Ndangang, GTZ and IUCN, Kasparek Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2000.
Ecodelphi
Invitation to take part in an international study on criteria rating projects that aim at realising sustainable urban development. It focusses on questions such as  "what makes joint activities of local authorities and local businesses worthy to be called sustainability-supportive?" and "do such projects or programmes contribute to achieving sustainability" By means of an international Delphi study, to be conducted Mid March ­ Mid June 2000, criteria - that capture the relevance of projects dealing with sustainable development - will be developed. By the University of Bremen, Germany. 20000313
Ecological Footprints of Nations
Site supporting and explaining the idea of ecological footprints put forward by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees; the text of the original report can be downloaded, but the figures are not available here, 19990112
Economics of biodiversity
News, resources, conventions etc. on the economics of biodiversity, by the IUCN world conservation union, 20010320
Environmental Atlas of the Resource Renewal Institute
Systematic survey of environmenatal policy in a large number of countries, 19981022
Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO 2000) PDF
UNEP Report relaesed 19990915. Full text available in PDF. Also has further information on the GEO project and products (regional reports, report for the youth). The major outcome is that "distinct environmental gains and improvements will probably be offset by the pace and scale of global economic growth". 19990923
Global Forest Watch announcement at WRI
Initiative of the World Resource Institute to monitor the worlds forests condition using satellite imagery. The institute is increasingly worried about the state of the worlds forests, due to over logging, lack of reforestation and bad management in general. The WRI site holds a media kit and a link to the Global Forest Watch website. 20000307
Lakenet
Network disseminating information of and for those concerned with world lake environments. The site has lake facts, information on threats to lake environments, a lake discussion group, lake links (organisations, conventions and lake specific links) and news items. By the US based NGO Monitor International. 20000526
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) PDF
self description: "[ICLEI] is an association of local governments dedicated to the prevention and solution of local, regional, and global environmental problems through local action. Over 300 cities, towns, counties, and their associations from around the world are Members of the Council."
The ICLEI site holds information on initiatives and projects of the council, mainly aimed at fistering sustainable cities. The most important is the Cities21 campaign "Assessing Mutual Progress Toward Sustainable Development". The full final report is vailable in PDF. 20000710
Oil pollution: discussion in Public Interest radio programme AUDIO

Link to a Real Audio file with a 'Public Interest' radio interview broadcast 19990326 on lessons learnt form the Exxon Valdez oil spill. With guests from Friends of the Earth, the US Coast Guard and the Alaska Wilderness League. By WAMU, the American University Radio in the Washington DC area. 20000711

Planet Ark
Independent enivronmental action organisation, supplying a.o. a daily feed of Reuters' environmental news, 19990511
Progress Project webcast archive
Archived webcasts on themes of human development and sustainability (and international relations). Currently available: Herman Daly and Jagdish Bhagwati on sustainable development, Jane Goodall on progress and environment, a debate with Ralph Nadar and others on the WTO . Requires the Real Audio Player plug-in. 20000404
Theme Study Series on innovative forest-related themes PDF
Five reports on international forest management. By the Ministry of Agriculture of the Netherlands. 20001117
Trade and Environment PDF
Full text report by Hakan Nordstrom and Scott Vaughn for the World Trade Organization (WTO), released 19991014. The report agues that "international economic integration and growth reinforce the need for sound environmental policies at the national and international level", 19991018
UNFCCC official 5th climate conference (Bonn) website
Information on the 5th session of the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 19991025-19991105, held in Bonn. Access to archive of all official documents in full text. 19991102
WWF - GLOBAL NETWORK - WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, e.g. information on biodiversity. By the United National Environmental Programme. 20030403
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
The WFAE brings together people studying soundscapes and tries to gain recognition for sound as an integral part of ecology and fosters the preservation of locally specific sounds. The site is a gateway to research, publications and actual soundscape files (using Real Audio or Quicktime plug-ins). 20000213
World Resources Institute (WRI) PDF
Environmental research an daction NGO with the objective to provide 'information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development'. This is an invaluable and vast site with many reports and well documented initaitives online, often with full statistical tables, maps, notes etc. From the homepage navigation is by subject (biodiversity, climate change, forests etc.) or by world region. Following the regional links one is presented with detailed environmental information for continents and individual countries. Country fact files are in PDF and contain basic environmental statistics. 20020405
World Resources 2000-2001 back isuues: World Resources 1998/99 (summary and tables) or  complete report (low quality, press 'read it') PDF
Flagship publication by the World Resources Institute on the  environmental condition of the planet; availabe in full text. There is considerable overlap with WRI's Earthtrends portal. 20011218.

13. Environmental science, ecohydrology

a. General and gateways

MilieuWeb - Milieukundig navigeren op het Web (in Dutch)
WWW Virtual Library: Environment
 

b. Other

Bibliography: Climate Change and Its Impact on Biodiversity

self description: "This bibliography of peer-reviewed and gray literature (including journal articles, newspaper articles, reports and materials on the Internet) focuses on climate change (defined herein as global warming or ozone depletion) and its impacts on flora and fauna species and critical supporting ecosystems. Over 1700 citations have been included to date and the bibliography will be updated every two months. Ultimately, each entry will be categorized in a variety of ways, permitting key word searches and compilations by subject, region, or author".  By  the Pacific Institute, Oakland, USA. Also available as full text publication, in pdf, 19991019

Weathervane

Discussion forum on global climate change policy, including news, backgrounds on negotiations, research findings, with an archive. Also features a glossary  and E-mail discussion list, 19990819

Wetlands International

NGO concerned with wetland conservation. This is an extensive site, with information on interntional agreements, regional programmes, monitoring projects. Very useful is the Ramsar database. This holds information on all Ramsar sites (wetlands of international importance) in a site directory, with text desciptions. Additionally there are world region maps (some clickable) and texts and graphs on land use, curreent treats etc.

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