Global Economy Maps Week 1 World trade imbalance
Global Economy Maps Week 1
World trade imbalance web for the years 1960 and 2000. Directed network of merchandise trade imbalances between world countries. Each country appears as a node and the direction of the arrow follows that of the net flow of money. (Serrano et al 2007). http: //rs. resalliance. org/category/tools/networks/
Map of international phone-call traffic in 2005, from Telegeography. The map shows the disproportionate centrality of the USA in international telephone traffic. http: //rs. resalliance. org/category/tools/networks/
Structure of world trade of between 28 OECD countries in 1992. The size of the nodes gives the volume of flows in dollars (imports and exports) for each country. The size of the links stands for the volume of trade between any two countries. Colors give the regional respectively memberships in different trade organisations: EC countries (yellow), EFTA countries (green), USA and Canada (blue), Japan (red), East Asian Countries (pink), Oceania (Australia , New Zealand) (black). From Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. http: //rs. resalliance. org/category/tools/networks/
http: //www. globaldashboard. org/networks/migration-map/
http: //bigpicture. typepad. com/comments/images/2007/12/26/oil_movement. png
Northern Ireland Tourism http: //www. bbc. co. uk/northernireland/schools/11_16/ks 3 geography/nonswf/touris m/arrivals 1. shtml
http: //personalpages. manchester. ac. uk/staff/m. dodge/cybergeography/atlas/census. html
http: //pthbb. org/natural/footprint/img/cartogram. gif
http: //media. artdiamondblog. com/images 2/Remittances. Per. Country. jpg
Flows of Foreign Aid Thicker lines drawn from capital to capital indicate aid flow in excess of $66 million per year. Thinner lines represent the $20 million to $66 million bracket. Smaller amounts have generally been ignored unless they represent a significant portion of the donor country’s budget (OECD November 2004). http: //www. ifc. org/ifcext/50 thanniversary. nsf/Content/Globes
http: //blog. foreignpolicy. com/files/images/080429_rice. jpg
Countries in red expected to suffer biggest trade balance losses from higher food prices; countries in blue expected to show biggest gains. http: //www. imf. org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/new 041008 a. htm
Annual flow of benefits from forests in selected countries http: //maps. grida. no/go/graphic/annual-flow-of-benefits-from-forests-in-selected-countries
Global production, prices, and undernourishment http: //maps. grida. no/go/graphic/global-production-prices-and-undernourishment
Organized Crime in South Africa http: //www. stratfor. com/analysis/organized_crime_south_africa
Snapshot of Global Demographic Trends http: //images. google. com/imgres? imgurl=http: //www. nrccnrc. gc. ca/images/photos/ren/graph_p_1 -450. jpg&imgrefurl=http: //www. nrccnrc. gc. ca/about. Us/ren/nrc-foresight_10_e. html&usg=__ZA 3 V 1 HNTOe. Ms. QRq. Xf. DUVPDYEx. I=&h=439&w=450&sz=35&hl=en&start=98&tbnid=Cn. F Lqt. En. KJS 5 a. M: &tbnh=124&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3 Fq%3 Dsouth%2 Bameri ca%2 Btrade%2 Bflows%26 start%3 D 80%26 gbv%3 D 2%26 ndsp%3 D 20%26 hl%3 D en%26 sa%3 DN
http: //www. physicsforums. com/showthread. php? t=59075
http: //www. pophealth. wisc. edu/newsdoc/images/Wash%20 Post%20 maps. gif
http: //www. geography. wisc. edu/archive. News/03 -2006. htm
Map of World’s Grain Trade http: //tkcollier. wordpress. com/2008/05/
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