USEFUL LINKS

1. Population

• IDB Population Pyramids

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html

• Development of NW China

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/westchina  

2. Weather & Climate

• 香港天文台 (Information about greenhouse effects, cyclones, earthquakes)

http://www.info.gov.hk/hko/contentc.htm

• 香港地下天文台

http://www.weather.org.hk/chinese/index.shtml

• Wind and Pressure

http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/Metr304/WindandPressuredir/Wind-Press-2.html

3.Landforms

• 中央氣象局全球訊網

http://www.cwb.gov.tw/

• Earthquakes

http://neic.usgs.gov

• Landslides

http://landslides.usgs.gov

• Plate Tectonics

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/gcsebitesize/geography/tectonics/index.shtml (With Test!)

• Rocks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml

• River

http://library.thinkquest.org/28022/body.html

http://www.geography.com.sg/rivers/index.html

• Coast

http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/coastal.htm

4. Issues arising from man-land interaction

• Reclamation

http//www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk/~patrick/slope/case_studies/reclamation_projects/reclamation_projects.htm

• Urban Renewal

http://www.pelb.gov.hk/renewal/index.htm

• The Quest for land

http://www.pelb.gov.hk/landquest/index.htm

• Air Pollution Index & You

http://www.info.gov.hk/epd/air/chinese/cpoindex.htm

5. Farming

• Farming Information

http://www.affa.gov.au/affa/subjects/agriculture.html

6. Energy

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

http://www.opec.org/193.81.181.14/xxx1/faqs.htm