Earth and Environmental Sciences Guide: Geography and Planning: Websites
Country information
- Credo Reference LibraryThis online, full text, reference library includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, as well as subject specific titles for country information.
- OECD Factbook 2013Data covers OECD countries including topics such as population, economic production, foreign trade and investment, energy, labour force, information and communications, public finances, innovation, the environment, foreign aid, agriculture, taxation, education, health and quality of life.
- Project VisaVisa and embassy information for all countries.
Australian Government
- Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralia's official statistical organisation.
Town planning
- Australian Housing and Urban Research InstituteAHURI Limited is national research organisation which conducts and disseminates research on housing, homelessness and urban issues.
- Planning Institute of AustraliaThe Planning Institute of Australia is the peak body representing professions involved in planning Australia’s cities, towns, regions and places.
- Royal Town Planning InstituteUK based planning institute with links to planning resources.
- Townsville City Council Building & PlanningContains links to Townsville City Council services and project information.
Discipline directories & search engines
- EnviroLink NetworkAggregator of environmental news and Web resources
- www.science.gov.auScience information and services to industry, investors and the research and education communities
- WorldWideScience.orgGlobal science gateway-accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals
Geography
- Environment News ServiceOriginal daily international wire service of the environment. Established in 1990, it is independently owned and operated, and is not affiliated with any business, industry, government or environmental group
- GeonamesGeoNames is a database of over eight million geographical names available for free download under a Creative Commons licence
- Paleomap ProjectSelect a time zone and travel through time and check out what the Earth looked liked in the far distant past or what it might look like far into the future
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