Provides statistical data over key geographical topics by region as well as comparative statistics by country.
Provides electronic access to statistical data based on information collected by the US Census Bureau.
Download free US topographic maps.
Click on this link to find useful articles over trade, urbanization, development, and environment of populations from around the world. There are links to world statistics and maps on the UN pages as well.
Provides links to credible subject specific websites including: environmental quality, conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy.
For state focused studies, USA.gov is a gateway to state-specific economic, geographic, cultural, and statistical knowledge.
To compose and insert professional maps in your paper that illustrate various population densities, cultural borders, or political boundaries, visit these web sites:
A source for printable geological maps. This site also allows you to build a map focusing on such subjects as population density, displaced people, and language distributions with links to the data that was used to compose the map.
The United States Geological Survey website provides data about conservation, climate change, physical geology, contaminants, and population characteristics for both humans and animals within the United States. Links to subject and region specific maps over these and other relevant topics can be found here. Custom maps can also be made using USGS statistical data through the linked site nationalatlas.gov.
The David Rumsey Map Collection is an image database of more than 35,000 historical maps from around the world. Although the site indexes images of maps from every continent, special emphasis is placed on maps from North and South America created in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A digital collection of approximately 50,000 country, city, state, outline, historical, and political maps, including maps covering the political geography of the 2013 Syrian Conflict.
Harvesting tea in Bogor, West Java
Harvesting tea in Bogor, West Java (Danumurthi Mahendra) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Below, you will find links to credible websites of specific topics within the field of Human Geography. This page will be updated as new websites are found so please check back often.
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Area Studies
This annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency provides profiles of countries throughout the world. Each country profile begins with a brief historical background and includes information about geography, population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Issued by the US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, these electronically accessible publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states and other territories.
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries. They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives.
A source for information over water and sanitation conditions in third world countries.
Provides information on the world's fresh water resources. A source for information about political and cultural conflicts over rights of access to these resources that is displayed through an interactive map, timeline, and list.
Provides information on sanitation, waste management, and sustainability assessments in various regions.
The UN Refugee Agency provides a variety of statistics over displacement due to forced and voluntary migrations.
UNICEF is an organization that provides aid (in the form of water, sanitation, health care, education and child protection) to impoverished and/or displace populations around the world. In addition to providing aid, they collect and provide population statistics focusing on infant and child mortality of displaced or migrating populations.
Empirical data, including World Development Indicators (WDI).