For this assignment, my students are using statistics from the World Bank to invent their own index of human and/or economic development for Africa. Here is an example, based on GNI per Capita (PPP), Life Expectancy, and the Percent of GDP in the Service Sector. Look at this awesomeness!
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Data Source:
World Bank, "2013 World Development Indicators," World DataBank, http://databank.worldbank.org/
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
120 Map 3: Asia Natural Hazards and Resiliency
Asia has lots of natural disasters.
Here are a couple cities that are trying to do something about it:
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Sources:
Global Volcanism Program, 2013. Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.4.1. Venzke, E (ed.). Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 15 Oct 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013
United States Geological Survey, 2015. ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2015. International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), tropical cyclone data. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/
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