Data Sources for this Module and Beyond
(More Data Resources)

Selected Sources:

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 1946-present. Production yearbook. (annual publication). Rome: FAO. See online at FAOSTAT or David Lubin Memorial Library or WAICENT Portal
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 1948-present. World crop and livestock statistics. Rome: FAO.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). State of Food and Agriculture 2004 . Rome: FAO.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). 1985. The forest resources of the ECE region. Rome: FAO/ECE.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).1984. Land, food and people. Rome: FAO.
• United Nations. Statistical yearbook. Annual publication. New York: United Nations. (other UN Statistics)
• United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP). 1987-1989. Environmental data report. Oxford. - GEO-Yearbook 2003 - Global Environmental Outlook.
• World Bank, 1984. China -- agriculture to the year 2000 -- prospects and options. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. - World Bank Data Portal
• World Resources Institute and International Institute for Environment and Development. 1986, 87, 88, 90. World resources 1986, 1987, 1988-89, 1990-91. New York: Basic Books. 
  • 1996-97 Table of Contents and 1998-99 Edition - World Resources Database
  • World Resources 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life (PDF)
  • World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power (PDF)
  • Earth Trends portal to environmental information
  • Global Forest Watch
  • Sustainable Development Information Service - WR

See also the following articles and book chapters as information, assessment, and critical comment on the above data sources:

• Skole, David L. 1994. Data on global land-cover change: Acquisition, assessment and analysis. In: Changes in land use and land cover: A global perspective, eds. W.B. Meyer and B.L. Turner II, 437-471, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Kelmelis, John and Fran Rowland. 1994. Appendix 1: Data collections useful for analysis of land use/land cover change. In: Changes in land use and land cover: A global perspective, eds. W.B. Meyer and B.L. Turner II, 473-507, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Thomas, Michael R. 1993. CIESIN: Providing access to global environmental change data and information. Impact Assessment 11, 3: 307-320.

Other Supporting Aids

Computer-Based Literature Search:

• Instructors and/or students may also use computer- and Internet-based library services (e.g., OCLC=s First Search, the Library of Congress, the Social Science Index, and similar services) to either retrieve texts not available at local libraries, or to order them via interlibrary loan.

Internet Data Sources:

The following list of sites on the Internet comprises a very small selection of electronic information sources. Students versed in navigating the Internet will have no trouble retrieving the information and data available through this avenue. When students are not yet familiar with this medium, instructors may use the opportunity of a module that introduces students to very basic research skills, to also help them use the Internet which should be available at almost all institutions. In that case, the instructor should write up a page of step-by-step instructions for the Internet-novice in the computer-lingo used at her/his institution.

CIESIN Data Portal: http://www.ciesin.org/data.html

The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network(CIESIN) and its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) facilitates information sharing and discussion. It makes data, studies (after peer review), reports and working papers related to global environmental change more accessible than they otherwise would be.

The Climate Action Network: http://www.climatenetwork.org/

At this site you can retrieve the Eco-Newsletter of the Climate Action Network (CAN), published at the UN Climate talks. Eco contains the views of environmental organizations participating in CAN.

CDIAC: http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/home.html

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory'sCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) provides climate related information (carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases). CDIAC also assures data quality, documents the data, distributes related reports and produces a newsletter (CDIAC COMMUNICATIONS).

EOSDIS: http://eosdismain.gsfc.nasa.gov/eosinfo/EOSDIS_Site/

The Earth Observing System (EOS) is an integral part of NASA's Destination Earth. Its Data and Information System (EOSDIS)manages and makes available satellite and other earth science data gathered through this mission.

USGS: http://www.usgs.gov/

Mostly US GIS data for land use/land cover data at various scales; also information on hazards.

World Resources Institute: http://www.wri.org/

The World Resources Institutes electronic version of the bi-annual World Resources Publication, an assessment of the state of the world. The 1996-97 publication has a large section on urban developments. See more recent versions and other data portals below:

• 1996-97 Table of Contents and 1998-99 Edition - World Resources Database
• World Resources 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life (PDF)
• World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power (PDF)
• Earth Trends portal to environmental information
• Global Forest Watch
• Sustainable Development Information Service - WRI

U.S. Global Change Research Program: http://www.usgcrp.gov/ or http://www.gcrio.org/

Information on the US government's research program on global change. Also provides access to the homepage of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

NASA, Global Change Master Directory: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Access to NASA and many other global change resources on the world wide web.

NOAA: http://www.noaa.gov/

NOAA is also involved in global change research. Mostly climate change and some water resources related data.

International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP): http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/

The International Human Dimensions Program, created in 1990 by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), is an international and interdisciplinary program fostering activities that seek to describe and understand the human role in causing global environmental change and the consequences of these changes for society. Information on its activities and publications can be found at this site.

Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group of the AAG: http://www.essc.psu.edu/hdgc/

For an overview of the activities of the AAG Specialty Group on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, go to their homepage. It provides access to some of the resources mentioned above.

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Last Revised: 6/14/04 Robert E. Ford rford@univ.llu.edu