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Useful Links for the project

Here you have some useful links for finding information.

  • Census Bureau. Link
    • (Information about population rates and population pyramids).
  • Index Mundi. Link
    • Lists of countries according to different types of index

- CIA - The world Factbook

- Guía del Mundo

- European Union: http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm

- BBC - Country Profiles


Links for Human Geography:

- United Nations Development Programme (Human Development Reports)

International Organizations:

Internationa Organization for Migration:
http://www.iom.int/cms/envmig

News and Ideas

Here you have some links that can help you to understand your country and to create a great position paper.

All these links are related to Enviromental Migrations.

http://www.fundacion-ipade.org/tukki/migraciones-ambientales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_migrant

http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/Migration-EnvironmentalChange.pdf

http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/projects/research-themes/migration-and-environment

http://www.berlin-institut.org/online-handbookdemography/environmental-migration.html

http://www.iisd.org/ecp/migration/

http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/migration_and_environment.pdf  (448 pages with information about enviromental migration).

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Project: "The state of .........."

Choose one country and start the project:

 Your Country

Physical Geography

  • Location: which continet, latitude, longitude, nearest countries and oceans or seas.

  • Physical Features

    • Mountain chains or ranges, main peaks...

    • Rivers, lakes.

    • Coasts: peninsulas, cliffs, bays, capes, gulfs, oceans, seas

    • Glaciers: only if there are.

    • Physical Features (The main ones).

    • Etc.

  • Climatology:

    • Which “Climate Zone”: Hot, Temperate or Cold

    • The main Climate and its characteristics (you have to describe it using only the material of the class: book, power points, notes)

    • Climate Graph: You have to show a climograph of any city of your country. You can use this web page: http://www.educaplus.org/climatic/07_cmg_europa.html

      (This link is only for Europe, but in the same page you can find all the continents)

  • Ecosystem:

    • Which one is it and main characteristics.

    • You can use some photographs.

Project: The State of ............... (2nd Part)

“Your Country”

Human Geography

 - History: In no more than a sheet of paper you have to explain the recent history of your country.

-  Population rates:  Look for the following information or your country:

  • Total Population
  • Total Births
  • Total Deaths
  • Total Infant Deaths (children from 0 to 1 year old) (Remember that you have to calculate infant deaths because the figures are not shown on the web page of US Census Bureau).

       And calculate the following rates (you have to use the equations that I gave you):

  • Birth Rate
  • Death Rate
  • Infant Mortality Rate
  • Growth Rate

       Add the following Rates that you can find at US Census Bureau:

  • Total Fertility Rate
  • Life Expectancy

- Analyze:

  • Now that you have all the rates of your country you have to analyze them, explaining if they are high or low, and the reasons or factors that explain why your country has these high or low rates

- Population Pyramid:

  • Copy the Population Pyramid of your country
  • Analyze it following the instructions given in class.

P.S.: In case you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask me.

Regards, Gema.