You need to identify one project theme, develop research questions built around a minimum of four data sets. There are more than 400 suitable data sets to select from. Each data set will be processed to answer a research question. Data sets for your project can be found in Excel format from
http://planet.uwc.ac.za/nisl/ESS/ESS132/Worldmapper_data/
Themes and dataset suits or suggestions are provide - please select one - check its availability and book using comments.
A. History
- Population Trends (1, 1500, 1990, 1960)
B. Movement
- Immigration, Emigrations, Net Immigration, Net Emigrations
- Tourism
- International Refugees
C. Transport
- Air Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Shipping Transportation
D. Food
- Fruit and Vegetable Imports and Exports
- Meat and Fish Imports and Exports
- Dairy and cereal Imports and Exports
- Groceries, tobacco, wine and spirits Imports and Exports
E. Goods
- Raw Materials: metals, steel and ores Imports and Exports
- Petroleum products: Imports and Exports
- Energy related products: Imports and Exports
F. Manufacturing
- Cars and Vehicles: Imports and Exports
- Computers and Electronics: Imports and Exports
- Chemicals and Natural Products: Imports and Exports
- Clothing and Machinery: Imports and Exports
G. Services
- Medicine Imports and Exports and Financial Insurances: Imports and Exports
- Royalties and Licence Fees and other Services: Imports and Exports
H. Resources
- Rainfall, Water Resources, Ground Water and Water use.
- Forestry Industry, History, Losses and Gains
I. Fuel
- Oil Power and Fuel use and increase
- Nuclear Power and Electricity
J. Production
- Meat, Vegetables and Cereals Production and Consumption
K. Work (Employment)
- Women and men employed in Agriculture and Industrial sectors
- Women and men employed in Services and as Managers
- Women and men working from home and working in Marketing
- Unemployment
- Teenage Mothers, Child Labour
L. Income
- Income by men and Women
- Income levels for the Poor
- Living Standards
M. Wealth
- Historical Wealth
- 2002 Wealth Levels and growth
- R&D Expenditure, R&D Employments , Patents and Royalties
N. Poverty
- Human Development, Development Increase and Decrease
- Human Poverty, Undernourishment , Underweight Children
- Wretched Dollar ($1), Absolute Poverty (2$), Wealth Decline and Gender Empowerment.
O. Housing
- Poor and Basic Sanitation, Sewage and Poor Water
- City Living and Slums
- Housing, Durable Housing, Overcrowding, General Housing
P. Education
- Literacy Youth & Adult, Illiterate Young Women , Illiterate Women
- Primary Education, Secondary Education, Girls not at Primary School, Girls not a Secondary School
- Science Research, Science Growth, Tertiary Education, Women not in Tertiary Education
- Education Expenditure
Q. Health
- Public Health Spending, Private Health Spending, Hospital Beds, Health Service Quality
- Midwives Working, Nurses Working, Pharmacist Working, Dentists
- Condoms Used by Men, Condoms Used by Women [46]
R. Disease
- HIV Prevalence, Tuberculosis Cases, Influenza Outbreaks
- Cholera Cases, Cholera Deaths, Childhood Diarrhea, Yellow Fever
- Diabetes Prevalence, Unhealthy life
- Alcohol Consumption, Men Smoking, Women smoking, Road Deaths
S. Disaster
- Killed by Disasters, Killed by Earthquakes, Killed by Volcanoes, Killed by Avalanches and Landslides
- Killed by Drought, Killed by Floods, Killed by Storms, Killed by Extreme Temperatures
T. Death
- Life Expectancy, Increased Life Expectancy, Female Life Expectancy, Maternal Mortality
- Stillbirths, Early Neonatal Mortality, Infant Mortality, Infant Mortality Change
- Mortality 1-4 Years Old, Mortality Change 1-4 Years, Old, Female Mortality 15-60 Year old, Male Mortality 15-60 Year Old
- Species Extinct, Species In Zoos Only, Species at Risk, Species at Lower Risk
- Mammals at Risk, Birds at Risk, Reptiles at Risk, Amphibians at Risk
- Fish at Risk, Amphibians at Risk, Molluscs at Risk,
V. Violence
- Military spending 2002, Military Spending 1990, Nuclear Weapons
W. Pollution
- Carbon Emissions
- Nuclear Waste, Hazardous Waste, Waste Collected, Waste Recycled
X. Depletion
- National Income, National Savings, Capital Consumption, Ecological Footprint
- Water Use
Y. Communication
- Telephone Lines 1990, Telephone Lines 2002, Cellular Subscribers 1990, Cellular Subscribers 2002
- Internet Users 1990, Internet Users 2002, Personal Computers
- Printed Media
Z. Trade
- Primary and Secondary Exports
- Hi-Tech Exports 1990, Hi-Tech Exports 2002
- Trade Unions, Strikes and Lockouts, Right to Vote, Voter Turnout
AB. Cause of Death
- Sexually transmitted
- Widespread disease: e.g Malaria, Sleeping Sickness, Schistosomias
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Accidental Deaths [excluding Road Traffic]
- Demography (male/female)