101. Geography Links - Internet Links Searches a database of more than 274 000 geographic names provided to the Committeefor News, profiles and reports relating to the countries of asia. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/links/geog.cfm

Where you are: State Library of NSW Find Internet links this site About Find Services What's on PLS Internet links Search engines Internet tutorials Selection criteria ... New links Search Internet links Search guide Geography links Australian, Antarctica, International, Country reports, ... International flags This site from Land and Property Information NSW provides aerial photographs of New South Wales towns and suburbs that can be searched, viewed and ordered. Antarctica Online: Australian Antarctic Division The Australian Antarctic Division is the lead agency for Australia's Antarctic program. This site provides details about the Australian Antarctic scientific research program, information on going south, virtual tours for the armchair traveller and resources on the Antarctic environment including information on Antarctic wildlife. This site provides information such as the area in square kilometres of Australia and each state, the length of state borders, and the coastline, how to calculate the centre of Australia, size of deserts, height of mountains, highest and lowest points, largest lakes, highest waterfalls and land tenure. Australian cartographic resources on the Internet This site provides links to Australian cartographic resources available on the Internet such as links to publishers, map societies and map retailers.

102. Glossary A A geographical concentration of people and/or activities asia pacific EconomicCooperation Members Members of ASEAN, NAFTA, ANZCERTA, Chile, China, http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/gloss/a.html

SITE MAP SEARCH! RESOURCES A-Z INDEX Economic Geography Glossary (http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/gloss/a.html) aA A B C D ... Z - A - Abilene Principle (origin: Jerry Harvey) a description of a "group's inability to manage its agreement. Nobody wants to reach a particular destination ("Abilene"), but for fear of offending or contradicting each other, they all end up there." [Examples: Bay of Pigs, possibly: last staff meeting] (Senge et al., Fieldbook, p.403) Acceleration principle; accelerator suggests a relationship between income and output and the investment effects associated with changing output. The size of the accelerator depends on the marginal capital/outout (C/O) ratio (i.e. how much new investment is needed in response to changing demand for output) and on a variety of other factors influencing investment decisions. Accelerator and multiplier effects tend to be cumulatively intertwined as a result of the multiplier effects of investment activities and the accelerator (investment) effects of multiplier-induced output changes. Access/ Accessibility a crucial locational quality expressing the ease with which a location can be reached and interacted with from other locations. A pure spatial accessibility dimension is often complemented by (and interacting with) social and economic dimensions. A good example for the latter would be the accessibility of information for decision-making. "The term accessibility... really means ease of contact contact with relatively little friction. The friction of space may be overcome by means of transportation; but transportation involves costs. Rent appears as the charge which the owner of a relatively accessible site can impose because of the saving in transportation costs..." (

103. White Paper: Approach And Methodology The program has responded to key challenges within the asiapacific region While the primary approach will be geographic, two specific reports will be http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/whitepaper/methodology.cfm

@import url("/p7pm/p7pmh0.css"); @import url("/css/ausaid.css"); Overseas Aid Home Search Site Map Links ... White Paper White Paper: Approach and Methodology Introduction In 1997 the Government outlined its aid policy in Better Aid for a Better Future . This was subsequently updated in the Foreign Minister's 11th Statement to Parliament in September 2002, Australian Aid: Investing in Growth, Stability and Prosperity . Within this clear framework the Australian aid program has grown in recent years. The program has responded to key challenges within the Asia-Pacific region (Asia financial crisis, regional security, East Timor, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, PNG, Indian Ocean Tsunami) and has successfully placed a central focus on good governance. The Peer Review of Australia by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD in December 2004 concluded "Australia has made significant advances since the last review in 1999 in adapting to the new challenges faced by the Asia-Pacific region... The OECD DAC recognises Australia's leading role in its neighbouring region, particularly in HIV/AIDS, approaches to fragile states and peace-building and conflict resolution". However, the challenges to development will continue to grow, particularly in parts of South East Asia and the Pacific. While the Australian aid program has a strong record on economic and public-sector governance and basic service delivery, which are essential to development, more needs to be done to promote stability, broad-based growth and sound political governance.

104. 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Although the pacific Tsunami Warning Center has accepted this, the USGS has sofar not The earthquake was unusually large in geographical extent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake , was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26 . The earthquake generated a tsunami that killed more than 150,000 people, making it one of the deadliest disasters in modern history . Because the massive destruction was created directly by the following tsunami, the disaster is also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami Various values were given for the magnitude of the earthquake, ranging from 9.0 to 9.3 (which would make it the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph ), though authoritative estimates now put the magnitude at 9.15. In May 2005 , scientists reported that the earthquake itself lasted nearly ten minutes when most major earthquakes last no more than a few seconds; it caused the entire planet to vibrate at least a few centimetres. (CNN) It also triggered earthquakes elsewhere, as far away as

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