World Regional Geography

Current Events and News:

ABC News
Business Week - online
CNET - Technology News
CNN Interactive
Environmental News Index - Gaiabooks
League of Conservation Voters - Environmental Scorecard
New York Times - online
News Index - OneWorld - News
Reuter's - home
USA Today
Wall Street Journal - Interactive

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History and Geneology:

1843 Oregon Trail Wagon Train Pioneers - home
A Barrel of Genealogy Links
CHRISTIAN CATACOMBS OF ROME
Civil War (John Ford) fought for the Union in the 13th Tennesse Cavalry
Early America Review
Economic History Services & sites
Edith (Frye) Standish of West Wilton New Hampshire. Horace Standish descends from Myles Standish (of the Mayflower fame) and was born near Mystic, Connecticut.
FamilySearch.org - home
Frye Measure Mill on the National Registry of Historic Places is near the Frye home close to Wilton, NH
Geneology Online - home
Geneology Pages - home
General European Timeline, 1450-1700
Generations Press Maps - City & Town Plans for Genealogy
George Eggers (grandfather of Landrine Eggers) is on the early roster of Old Tennent Presbyterian Church --a historic structure and cemetery on the larger Battlefield of Monmouth State Park (near Manalapan and Freehold, New Jersey) is the site of the "longest battle" of the American Revolutionary War.
History and Historiography - EServer at Carnegie Mellon
History - World Lecture Hall Courses
Jeremiah Greene , an early patriarch and father of Johannah Greene, fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the American Civil War. Go to the National Military Park the website to learn more.
Jersey Baptist Church near Lexington and Salisbury, NC established around 1755
Luminarium
Meat Camp Baptist Church (near Boone, NC). Several Greenes lived in the region and the name is still common. - this area is part of what was called the New River Valley (see map). See also interesting stories about Tweetsie and Daniel Boone history.
Nineveh Ford - Oregon Territory Pioneer: Nineveh Ford was one of the first pioneers to settle in the Oregon Territory . He traveled to Missouri in 1840 and then took the first big wagon train to use the Oregon Trail in 1843 along with a brother Ephraim. Read account posted by Cecil Houk another Nineveh descendent as well as one by Charlotte Matheny.
Oregon Geneological Society Library - home
Oregon Trail history - PBS teaching resource and the website by Prof. Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher, creators of The Oregon Trail and links is also a useful site
Robert Ford's - family/genealogy pages - including about Nineveh Ford - Oregon Pioneer
RootsWeb - home
Starting Points for Exploration - Galileo Project
Umatilla County Historical Society as well as the Whitman Mission National Historic Site--location of the famous Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Massacre--and the Umatilla County GenWeb project and Museum of the Oregon Territory
U.S. Civil War Center -- Louisiana State University
US GenWeb Census Project - Archives site
USGenWeb - homepage
Walla Walla College in College Place, Washington where they built a home after leaving the farm near Pullman for their children's education (see more at the Walla Walla College Library Photo Project)

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Politics / Law / International Affairs / Civil Society and Governance:

Alliance for Global Sustainability - University of Tokyo - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
APEC - Sustainable Agriculture Program - Marine Environment - Energy - Forestry - home
Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security - home
Center for Civil Society - home
Center for Civil Society - John's Hopkins University
Center for Civil Society and Governance - AED
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Civil Society International - home
CIS - Center for International Studies - Zurich, Switzerland
Citizen's Network for Foreign Affairs - home
Council for International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Scholar Program - home
DemocracyNet - National Endowment for Democracy - Home
Ensuring Global Food Security - National Policy Association
FedWorld - Links to US Gov't agencies
For God, Country and Coca-Cola : The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
GECHS - Global Environmental Change and Human Security
GEO-Outlook Reports - UNEP
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) - FAO
Government, Law and Society - EServer at Carnegie Mellon
Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC) - UCSB
Integrated Resource Planning in Developing Countries/Power Issues - ORNL - Oak Ridge National Lab - Lawrence Hill
International Affairs by Nathan Gilliat
INES - International Network for Environment and Security - GECHS
International Political Economy Network
International Studies Association - home
ISN - International Relations and Security Network - home
Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D. Attorney at Law (Internet and Intellectual Property Law)
League of Conservation Voters - Environmental Scorecard
Legislative Action Center - PSR - Physician's for Social Responsibility
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs - Syracuse University
National Defense University - home - Institute for National Strategic Studies
Organization of American States - home
Policy Instruments Database - CIESIN/SEDAC
Political Handbook of the World - reference work review
Program on Global Security and Sustainability - MacArthur Foundation
Project on Environment, Population and Security: University of Toronto
Third World Foundation
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
UNEP/GRIDA - United Nations Environment Programme, Global Resource Information Database - Arendal, Norway
US State Department - Policy - Global Affairs
Vote Smart Political Information (Political Info on the Internet on 16,000 + legislators, etc)
Watson Institute of International Affairs / Studies - Brown University
WTO - World Trade Organization - home
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
Yahoo - US - Government

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Population-Demography:

Allyn & Bacon's Sociology Links - Population and Urbanization
Asia Population Database Documentation - National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
CAIRO CONFERENCE HOME
CCP - John's Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs - Population, Communications, Health information
Census Bureau - Data Access Tools (Tiger files, gazetteer, etc.)
CIESIN - Columbia University - data and statistics
Demographic Data Viewer Home Page
DESIP (Demographic, Environmental, and Security Information Project)
DHS - Demographic and Health Statistics
Earth Observing System Data Gateway - USGS
Environment, Population and Security: University of Toronto - Project Results and Case Studies
Environmental Hazards on the US-Mexico Border - Virtual Tour and Case study (Wiley)
FAO - food, agriculture, nutrition and land data - see WAICENT - home
GCDIS - Gateway to global change data - access site
IIASA - POP Project Description
INES - International Network for Environment and Security - home
International Data Base (IDB) - Census Bureau
International Programs Center - Census Bureau Statistics
Office of Population Research, Princeton University
Paul Ehrlich and The Population Bomb
POPLINE - Johns Hopkins University
Population Connection (formerly - Zero Population Growth) - home
Population Index - Princeton University
Population Policy: Consensus and Challenges - CONSEQUENCES Vol.2 No 2
Population Reference Bureau - 2002 World Population Data Sheet
Population Research Institute - Penn State University
Poverty and access to environmental resources - ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme
Population Studies Center - University of Michigan
Project GeoSim - Geography Education Software.
Program for the Human Environment - Rockefeler University
Resources for Economists on the Internet - WONDERFUL site!
Role of demographics and resource-stress in the Kosovo conflict - DESIP
Short-Title List of Selected Works on Population -- Developing countries -1 - Timothy C. Weiskel
State of the World's Children - 1998 - 1999- 2001 - 2003 - UNICEF
Statistical Resources on the Web - University of Michigan Library
Sustainable Development Information Service - WRI
Tiger Map Server Browser - US Census Interactive Maps / Charts
UNEP/GRID Sioux Falls: Population & Environment Links
UNHCR and Refugees - home
Union of Concerned Scientists - various topics
US Census 2000 - home
US GenWeb Census Project - USGenWeb - homepage
POPClock Projection (US Census Bureau)
World Population Digital Clock - Counter
World Population clock - calibrated to net global growth per second - births minus deaths
World Watch Institute - -Review of book - FULL HOUSE - Gopher
Worldwide Web of Demography
WRI - World Resources Institute - 1996-97 Data and 1998-99 data World Resources 2002-2001 Summary - Facts and Figures - Internet Resource Links - Facts and Figures - Earth Trends - Global Forest Watch

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Religion / Philosophy / Ethics:

A World Connected.org - resources
Bioethics.NET website resources
Books Online - University of Pennsylvania
Center for Christian Bioethics at Loma Linda University - Resource links and UPDATE (ethics newsletter)
Environmental Ethics and Eco-Justice - resources and Environmental Ethics Bibliography - home
Environmental Justice, Poverty, and Social Capital
Environmental and Bioethics: Religion, Philosophy and Praxis
Ethics (Philosophy) Humanities - Galaxy Index
Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D. Attorney at Law (Internet ethics & law)
JBE (Journal of Buddhist Ethics) - home
League of Conservation Voters - Environmental Scorecard
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
Philosophy Links on the Net - Shannon's Analytic Philosophy page
Seeds of Carnage - war crimes in Bosnia
Wiretap Web Site

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Settlement - Urban/Rural:

For more rural links see: AGRICULTURE - FOOD SECURITY and RRA/PRA - Rural Sustainable Development - Sustainability Science - Urban/Regional Planning

RURAL LINKS:

3R Net - A not for profit organization of 46 states who place health professionals primarily in rural and underserved areas
Allyn & Bacon's Sociology Links - Population and Urbanization
CIREH - Center for International Rural and Environmental Health - College of Public Health, University of Iowa
DESFIL - Development Strategies for Fragile Land
Fifth International Symposium - Future of Rural Peoples - Regina Canada
National 4-H councils
National FFA - Future Farmer's of America
National Grange - home
National Rural Development Partnership - home
Networking for Rural Health - Prepared by The National Rural Health Resource Center For the Networking For Rural Health Project - PDF
Rodale Institute - home
Rural and Small Towns Programme
Rural Community Assistance Corporation - home
Rural Connections - Home
Rural Development - USDA
Rural Health Policy - Network Development Grant Program - HRSA
Smart Communities Network - Center for Excellence on Sustainable Development - DOE
Telemedicine Information Exchange(TIE) Telemedicine Programs - Northern Sierra Rural Health Network
Will Agricultural Policy Adequately Address Rural Development Challenges, by Corry Bregendahl and Cornelia Butler Flora

URBAN LINKS:
Air Pollution in World Megacities - Earthscape
Allyn & Bacon's Sociology Links - Population and Urbanization
Bombay - Mumbai (Bombay) : The Gateway Of India - virtual tour
Cairo - Cairo, the Jewel of the Orient - virtual tour
Center for Urban Forest Research - UC Davis - USDA
Cities Alliance - MIT
Cities in a Globalizing World - Global Report on Human Settlement
Cyburbia - This planning resource center contains one of the most comprehensive directories on the Internet relevant to the land use planning. Also contains information about related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas.
Collectivized Identity Among Shi’a Imami Isma’ili Muslims of Calgary: Implications for Pluralism and Policy
Creating Sustainable Cities - book by Herbert Girardet (Green Books) from Schumacher Institute-UK
Environmental Hazards on the US-Mexico Border - Virtual Tour and Case study (Wiley)
Generations Press Maps - City & Town Plans for Genealogy
Habitat for Humanity - homepage
Immigration and Metropolis: Montreal Centre for Inter-university Research on Immigration, Integration and Urban Dynamics and the International Metropolis site
Informal Regulation of Industrial Pollution in Developing Countries: Evidence from Indonesia - World Bank Group
Integrated Resource Planning in Developing Countries/Power Issues - ORNL - Oak Ridge National Lab - Lawrence Hill
Intentional Communities - home
International Planning Resources - Environmental Design Library, International Planning - UC Berkeley
Internet Conference on Ecocity Development - (UNU) Lack of proper planning, in India, is the main ... in rural areas and eco city in urban areas. Poor amenities, employment opportunities and infrastructure in rural ...
Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)
Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute - home
Land Use and Environmental Change in Thompson-Okanagan
Making Cities Work - USAID's Urban Program's Office
Metropolis Project/Canada - Cities Corner
Moscow - Moscow, the capital of Russia - virtual tour
National League of Cities - home
National Urban League
Place Matters Tools.com - many resources
PlannersWeb - Topical material on zoning ordinances, land use, comprehensive plans, master plans, subdivision regulation, transportation, housing, urban design, takings-property rights, and the impacts on cities and towns
Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration. (PCERII)
POTENTIAL OF URBAN FORESTRY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - FAO
Rapid Urbanization, The Environment and Infant Mortality - RAND Corporation
Smart Communities Network - DOE
Sprawl City - website about comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.
Sustainable Communities Network - SCN identifies quality resources on sustainability and to disseminate them in a timely way to the public.
Saigon on Wheels - FocalPoint f/8 - virtual photojournalism sites
Sense of Cologne - FocalPoint f/8 - virtual photojournalism sites
Smart Communities Network - Center for Excellence on Sustainable Development - DOE
Sustainable Cities and Campus Communities-UNIT 5 - Biosphere --2 Module
Tijuana Border issues - FocalPoint f/8 - virtual photojournalism sites
UCGIS / HUD Team - Global Urban Quality: An Analysis of Urban Indicators Using Geographic Information Science
UIUC Department of Urban & Regional Planning
UNCRD Bibliography. Subject: POVERTY - Regional Development Planning and Administration for Reaching the Urban Poor: Project Implementation in Developing Countries Edited Book -
Upgrading Urban Communities MIT - Site list of Resources - Community Initiatives in Urban Infrastructure;
Urban Remote Sensing Resources - SEDAC - Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center - CIESIN - Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Urban and Regional Planning- UC Irvine
Urban Development: Publications - World Bank
Urban Morphology Research Group (The)
URBAN STUDIES (1980…2002) - A bibliography of selected RAND publications. (Updated October 2002)
Urbanization in Large Developing Countries China, Indonesia, Brazil, and India - book ad from Oxford University Press
Urbanization of Insurgency - RAND report - The Potential Challenge to U.S. Army Operations
Urbanization Issues in Developing Countries - Urban Freeservers.com
Vancouver - Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis.
Water and Sustainable Urban Development - University of Florida
What's Hot in Huntsville and What's Not: A NASA Thermal Remote Sensing Project.
Wildland Recreation and Urban Ecosystems - Pacific Southwest Research Center - USFS
World City Travel Guide - Lycos
World Factbook 2003

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Adventure-Travel

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Travel Photography:

See also: Arts/Culture and Photography

Ag-PIX Photo network - home
Adventure Library - GORP
Apogee Photo Magazine
CNET - digital camera reviews
Communications for a Sustainable Future - Colorado State Univ (electronic discussions, etc.)
Conservation Media Center- article
DigitalWeb Magazine- home
Discovery Channel - many sites and particularly Discovery Travel/Expeditions site and Travel Store
Ecotourism and Virtual Travel resources
Environmental Journalism Resources - home
FocalPoint f/8 - virtual photojournalism sites
Future Image - digital photography source
LIFETIME Photography - Environmental Photography Links
PhotoNet - links
PhotoReview.com - home
PhotoSecrets - Travel Guides for Photographers - home
Photo Tour of Hawaii - virtual tour
Phototour of Mosquitia - Honduras
Presenting your Photography - books - Travel and Outdoor Photography Bookstore
Russian Chronicles - FocalPoint f/8 - virtual photojournalism sites
Terraphotographics/BPS - AgEditions - Stock Phote site
Travel Guides for Photographers - home
Travels with Samantha Table of Contents
True North Picture Source
Video sources - Sustainable Development
Virtual North/Canada - home
Web Travel Review - Phototraveler magazine/resources
Wild Things Photography - Salt Lake
Yahoo - photography

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Travel Publications, Maps, Guides

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Study-Work Abroad

American Institute for Foreign Study - home
Butler University - Institute for Study Abroad
BYU - Study-Abroad Programs
Center for International Education - California State University Long Beach
CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
Colgate University - Northern Europe Peace Studies Study Group Yorkshire, England
Colorado State University - International Programs
George Mason University - Center for Global Education
George Washington University - Study Abroad Programs
HOTLIST of Study Abroad programs - extensive!
I*EARN (Inter. Education Resource Network)
IEP - International Exchange Programs - Australia
IIE - Institutue of International Education - Fulbright Programs
International Education Site - free information
International Programs at Washington State University
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION NETWORK
ISA - International Studies Abroad - home
Michigan Techonological University - Office of International Programs
Moo's Study-Abroad Resource site - geocities
National Registration Center for Study Abroad - home
Office of International Education - Ohio State University
Petersen's.com - Study Abroad resources
Scholarship Opportunities for Study Abroad
StudyAbroad.com - home
Study Abroad Directory - GeoCities
TIPS on Study Abroad - GeoCities site and its LAUNCH Page - very good!
UCR- International Education Programs Home Page
University of Colorado/Boulder - Study Abroad Programs
University Studies Abroad Consortium - lists by country, university, language, subject, etc.
UOP - University of the Pacific - Study Abroad Programs
University of Utah - International Center - home - see their Study-Abroad programs
WISE - Foundation for World-wide International Student Exchange - home
Yahoo - Travel guide

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Virtual Trips & Tourism

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World Regional Geography

Current Events and News:

History and Geneology:

Politics / Law / International Affairs / Civil Society and Governance:

Population-Demography:

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Religion / Philosophy / Ethics:

Settlement - Urban/Rural:

Adventure-Travel

Travel Photography:

Study-Work Abroad

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Statistics and Data:

See also POPULATION / DEMOGRAPHY - Resources for Economists on the Internet