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Quality of Life
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America's Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities 
 A list of the top and bottom 25 U.S. cities in which to live based on safety and danger. They are broken out by size of the city. Rankings for previous years are available back to 1995. http://www.morganquitno.com/cit06pop.htm#25 Topics: Crime, Housing, Statistics Last updated Jul 23, 2006 Best Places to Live
A list of "the most desirable places to live in America." Profiles of each town include information on weather, housing, leisure, culture, environment, crime, and education. Searchable and browsable. Provides an explanation of the methodology used in compiling the rankings. From CNN/Money. http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/ Topics: Finance, Housing, Statistics Last updated Nov 16, 2006 Finland 1917-2007: The Finnish Independence in Statistics
"Through the 12 months of the 90th anniversary year of Finnish independence [2007], Statistics Finland will publish on this website examples of what the development of our society and its current situation look like in the light of statistics." Some of the themes explored in this presentation include the industrial structure, energy, books and publishing, villa ownership, education, and telecommunications. In English and Finnish. From Statistics Finland, "one of Finland's oldest government agencies." http://www.stat.fi/tup/suomi90/index_en.html Topics: History By Place, Statistics Last updated Nov 20, 2007 Human Development Reports
The independent Human Development Report (HDR), commissioned by the United Nations, was first launched in 1990. The site includes general information about the program; a glossary; statistical information; and synopses of global, regional, and national reports, many of which are available online. Some materials presented in several languages. http://hdr.undp.org/ Topics: Finance, Housing, Statistics Last updated Aug 15, 2004 Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq
This statistical compilation of security, economic, and quality-of-life indicators and polling results is "designed to quantify the rebuilding efforts and offer an objective set of criteria for benchmarking performance." "Based primarily on U.S. government information," this regularly updated report includes data on coalition forces, casualties, insurgent attacks, Iraqi security forces, utilities, oil production, crime, unemployment, and more. From the Brookings Institution. http://www.brookings.edu/saban/iraq-index.aspx Topics: Housing, Oil & Gas, Statistics, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 4, 2007 The Little Green Data Book
This annual publication features statistics on agriculture, forests and biodiversity, energy, emissions and pollution, water and sanitation, environment and health, and other environmental topics, for world regions and countries. Includes a glossary. Archived editions go back to 2001. From the Development Economics Data Group and the Environment Department of the World Bank. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/ENVIRONMENT/EXTEEI/0,,contentMDK:20906023~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:408050,00.html Topics: Environment, Statistics Last updated May 23, 2006 Northwest Area Foundation Indicator Website
This site provides information on indicators in categories such as population, income, employment, and health, for Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Includes data for states, counties, communities, and Indian reservations and tribes. Indicators are based on data from federal and state agencies. http://www.indicators.nwaf.org Topics: Statistics Last updated Jan 5, 2005 PolicyMap
PolicyMap is a "geographic information system which allows you to easily create custom maps, tables, and charts" on topics such as "demographics, real estate, crime, money & income, jobs, education, energy, and public investments." Requires free registration to access many services; other services (such as for data uploading) require a fee. From the Reinvestment Fund. http://www.policymap.com/ Topics: Statistics Last updated Jun 4, 2008 Sperling's BestPlaces
Provides comparison information (cost of living, health, housing, crime, climate, transportation) on thousands of U.S. cities. Includes profiles of neighborhoods, statistics on schools, and interactive tools to "display a ranking of the cities which best meet your criteria." http://www.bestplaces.net/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Housing, Statistics Last updated Nov 1, 2004 The Status of Women in the States
This report "is designed to inform citizens about the progress of women in their state relative to women in other states, to men, and to the nation as a whole." Produced every two years, it covers politics, economics, health, rights, and demographics; not all states are covered in each report. The site includes national, best-and-worst, and economic data reports, as well as the biennial reports back to 2000. From the Institute for Women's Policy Research. http://www.iwpr.org/States2004/SWS2004/ Topics: Housing, Statistics, Women Last updated Dec 13, 2004 Take Back Your Time
This is "a nationwide initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling, and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment." The site provides a handbook, petition forms, reading suggestions, and information about the October 24 observance that "falls nine weeks before the end of the year, symbolizing the nine full weeks more we work each year compared to our trans-Atlantic neighbors." From The Simplicity Forum. http://www.timeday.org/ Topics: Housing, Statistics Last updated Feb 19, 2007 The UC Atlas of Global Inequality
"The Atlas explores the interaction between global integration (globalization) and inequality and provides maps, graphics and data." Searchable by keyword; and browsable by country and region, topic (economy, education, gender, health, population, technology and media), and year (1960 through 2000). Includes a glossary of related terms, and bibliography. From the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS), University of California, Santa Cruz. http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/ Topics: Economics, Geography, Statistics Last updated Apr 1, 2004 Work to Live
This site proposes the idea of minimum paid leave as a solution to the problem of overwork in America. Although the site does promote a book of the same name, it also includes data about minimum paid leave, benefits of work reform, a chart comparing vacation time taken in different countries, and a discussion of overwork's toll on health and family life. Also includes a place to read and post comments about overwork. http://www.worktolive.info/ Topics: Housing, Statistics Last updated Mar 24, 2004 Yahoo! Real Estate: Neighborhood Profiles
This resource lets you look up neighborhoods in every U.S. state by street address, city, or zip code and find information on demographics, cost of living, housing characteristics, and "Quality of Life" (weather, air quality, crime, culture). Also includes comparisons with the national averages in these areas. http://realestate.yahoo.com/neighborhoods Topics: Home & Housing, Housing, Statistics Last updated Dec 2, 2007 |
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