School of Earth Sciences - Macquarie University
Human Geography Discipline
HSC 2 Unit Information
"Large Cities" Resources on the World Wide Web
Urban Growth and Urbanisation Statistics
Figures on urban and rural populations and urbanisation levels (% urban)
for countries in 1994 and 2025 (projected).
Population totals of the world's ten largest cities in 1950 and 2000 (projected).
The Urban Environment - Overview
Part 1 of the 1996-97 volume focuses on the critical environmental challenges
facing the world's rapidly expanding urban areas. Chapters cover: Cities
and the Environment, Urban Environment and Human Health, Urban Impacts
on Natural Resources, Urban Transportation, Urban Priorities for Action,
and City and Community: Toward Environmental Sustainability. An Appendix
of Urban Data Tables is also included.
The World City System
A listing of Friedmann's main hypotheses and brief comment on his paper.
Provides link to other pages on the topic of network and hierarchy in the
world city system.
Specific Cities
On-line database of more than 3,000 cities throughout the world. Provides
a variety of maps (some interactive) and other information (text and photos).
Geographic information provided varies considerably from city to city.
Interactive maps of a wide range of developed and developing world cities.
Site is still being developed and the amount of detail available varies
considerably from city to city. New York map illustrates the amount of
detail that will hopefully ultimately be available for all the cities.
City information especially for the business traveller
Profiles of cities around the world produced by Macalester College geography
students.
Part of the WWW Virtual Library. Good detail for some cities. Some pages
include photographic virtual tours of the cities.
Singapore's home page on the World Wide Web. Contains quite a lot of useful
geographic information.
A study of urban housing development in China from 1949 onwards. Includes
interesting photographs at various scales. Site not yet completed.
Useful wide-ranging information resource on China's largest city. (Beijing
Window is also available. To access, substitute Beijing for Shanghai in
the above URL.)
Photographs of famous national and provincial historic and cultural cities.
Discussion document on urban development strategy. Foreword by President
Nelson Mandela.
Information on over 100 Russian cities.
Lists subjects A-Z. Includes several useful urban topics - e.g. County
and City Data Book, Geographic - Area Profiles, Housing Statistics, Metropolitan
Areas, Poverty.
A U.S. Geography Textbook by Professor Alan Lew (Northern Arizona University)
with links to related web pages and graphics on the World Wide Web. Covers
various U.S. cities (e.g. Megalopolis [Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, DC], Los Angeles, San Francisco).
A photographic, text, sound and data archive on a selection of streets
across Australia named Australia Street.
Habitat II - United Nations Conference on Human Settlements
(Istanbul, Turkey, 3-14 June 1996)
Links to a wide variety of topics relating to the conference
A summary of the conference (history, organisational sessions, the Istanbul
Declaration on human settlements, the Habitat Agenda, goals and principles,
commitments, global plan of action, etc.)
Discussion of references to population and migration in the October 1995
draft of the Habitat Agenda. Recommendations of the Symposium for Habitat
II.
Newspaper Resources
An increasing number of newspapers are going on the Internet, some in full
text, others just with selected items. Useful material giving local and
regional perspectives on urban issues can quite often be found in these
sources. The following are a number of Asian newspapers that are worth
consulting. Several of the newspaper sites include "search" facilities.
Electronic Journals
The following journals are available on-line and often include material
relevant to the "Large Cities" section of the syllabus.
Other Useful Sites
A list of on-line indexes ordered into the following categories: Many Types,
Agriculture, Business, Cultural, Education, Employment, Government, Internet,
Professional, Publishing, Regional, Sport, Telecommunications, Tourism.
Links to over 150 demographic information facilities world-wide.
Compiled by Dr Kevin McCracken
September 1996
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