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23 Nov 09

Hurricane Katrina: It was not an act of God - Americas, World - The Independent

"The US government could be facing a bill running to hundreds of billions of dollars after a federal judge ruled that failures by the US Army Corps of Engineers were responsible for the worst flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina."

www.independent.co.uk/...not-an-act-of-god-1824127.html - Preview

katrina ib_geog2009 hurricanes hazards vulnerability impact management

22 Nov 09

BBC - Education Scotland - MS : South Africa : Social-Economic Issues: Health

An excellent BBC education site for those studying Scottish Highers.
Covers socio economic issues in South Africa, such as land tenure, education & health

www.bbc.co.uk/...social_economic - Preview

disparities_patterns disparities_origin disparities_indicators ib_geog2009

BBC News - Migration v ageing population - a tricky trade-off

"Too many or not enough? Population projections are useless for telling us what will happen, but by showing what might, they reveal a tricky trade-off"

news.bbc.co.uk/...8368230.stm - Preview

ib_geog2009 high_low_fertility migration

Istanbul Opens World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building | Wired Science | Wired.com

"The world’s largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is now complete and open for business."

www.wired.com/...rgest-earthquake-safe-building - Preview

ib_geog2009 hazards earthquakes management

21 Nov 09

Women, Population and Climate Change

The latest State of the World Report - "Women, Population and Climate Change"

www.unfpa.org/...EN_SOWP09.pdf - Preview

ib_geog2009 gender environ_sustain

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