AUTHOR: Amber L. Iler, Research Scientist, ISCIENCES, L.L.C
Children in Bhutan from flickr user Laihiuyeung Ryanne (laihiu).
Here at ISciences, we like to examine issues from a global, geospatial perspective, so for International Youth Day (IYD) we wanted to take a look at where the largest concentrations of children are worldwide. Understanding where the children are [...]
Tags:International Youth Day·ISciences·Map Projections·Maps·Open Data·United Nations·World Bank
Map showing a 2.5 minute grid of global flood mortality risks calculated over the 20 years between 1981 and 2000. Click image to enlarge.
We’ve added 8 new global datasets on issues related to flood and drought natural hazards to our TerraViva! GeoServer as part of our work with the Socioeconomic Data and Applications [...]
Tags:Announcements·CHRR·CIESIN·Drought·Floods·Maps·Natural Hazards·SEDAC·UNEP·World Bank
Map showing the frequency of global earthquake events exceeding 4.5 on the Richter scale during the time period 1976 through 2002. Click image to enlarge.
We’ve added 11 new global datasets on issues related to earthquake and cyclone natural hazards to our TerraViva! GeoServer as part of our work with the Socioeconomic Data and [...]
Tags:Announcements·CHRR·CIESIN·Cyclone·Earthquake·Maps·Natural Hazards·SEDAC·UNEP·World Bank