aaas atlas

Un atlante è una bella impresa grafica; molto interessante, per contenuti e soluzioni visive, questo AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment “an important analysis of the relationships between human population and the environment. Illustrating through text, maps, and diagrams how population affect the world's ecosystems and natural resources both in the short and long term, the Atlas brings together a wealth of information from the most up-to-date sources. In view of the profound significance of these issues as we enter the new century, this accessible resource will be an invaluable tool for individuals, academics, governments, and corporations. Divided into topical chapters and fully referenced, these materials are offered as web pages and Adobe Acrobat documents. All the information of the Atlas is currently accessible and will be expanded and improved regularly. […] Using sophisticated mapping and graphic techniques, the Atlas provides quantitative analyses of the important links between such factors as human population density, rates of growth, migration, resource consumption, and technologies, and the state of the global environment. The Atlas tackles the difficult job of connecting the social and natural sciences to provide a thorough analysis of the interplay between population and the environment. Its interdisciplinary approach brings a unique comparative perspective to the discussion and makes it pertinent to a broad range of disciplines. The Atlas was produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). […] Printed copies [la data di edizione è il 2001] of the AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment are available from University of California Press”.
Non poteva mancare una bella versione flash e una possibilità di “personalizzazione” con “My Atlas feature of the AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment allows you to save a personal, customized version of the Atlas along with your own notes as an aid in your research. You can save entire articles as well as individual maps and other graphics, and create your own subfolders, if you like, to help organize your data”.