Grant Saff, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vita

Education

Biography

Blackboard

Recommended Links

History of the Geography Program at Hofstra

Student Resources

Department of Global Studies and Geography

Hofstra University

Geography Resources

    About Geography

• Association of American Geographers (AAG)

• What is Geography?

• Geographic Fields

• Careers in Geography

• Middle States Division of the AAG

• Geography Network

• National Council for Geographic Education

• The Virtual Geography Department

    Research Sites and Mapping

• US Census Bureau

• National Geographic Society

• Internet Sources for Geographers (a comprehensive collection of links about anything geographical).

• US Geological Survey (USGS)

• World Time Zone Map

• Greenwich Mean Time (a commercial site, but good for working out time anywhere in the world).

• MapQuest Interactive Atlas

• Online Metric Converter (Calculators for converting US units to their metric equivalents).

• Google Earth (3D realtime mapping - find your house!).

• CalculateMe (calculate and conversion utility)

• EARTHscope (Buckminster Fuller Institute: Interactive maps and data about population and sustainability)

• Foreign Aid:

• USAID (US Foreign Aid statistics)

• Sustainable Development (critical look at OECD foreign aid contributions)

Geography Textbook Sites for Students

• Fellman et al Textbook Site - Introduction to Human Geography - Geog 003 and Geog 002

• Getis et al Textbook Site - Introduction to Geography - Geog 003

African Studies

• African Studies - Columbia University (comprehensive list of African links)

• Economic Commission for Africa

• South African Cities Network

• Southern African Regional Poverty Network

Urban Studies and Planning

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)

• Urban Affairs Association (UAA)

• CyberHood (comprehensive list of urban links)

• Cyburbia.Org (an even more comprehensive list of urban links)

Newspapers and News Sources

• 13 WNET (New York PBS)

• British Guardian

• The Economist

• The Financial Times

• The Independent

• The Nation

• National Public Radio (NPR)

• The New York Times

• The New Yorker

• New York Review of Books

• Newsday

• PBS

• South African Independent Online

• South African Mail and Guardian

• Tom Paine

• WNYC (New York NPR)

Organizations

• IMF

• Real World Economic Outlook (NEF)

• UN

• UNDP

• US Government

• World Bank