* tmc * in patientia vestra habetis animam vestram * tmc *

Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


25 August 2008

Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2007

http://www.pacom.mil/publications/apeu07/index.shtml

5star
24 Aug 2008

U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, HI, US

[The Asia-Pacific Economic Update (APEU) is a comprehensive study of the Asia-Pacific economies. It is published at the official Unclassified military website of the U.S. Pacific Command, and is provided in PDF format - ed.]

Site contents:
Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2007
Volume I File size: 5.6 MB
1-00 Executive Summary, 1-01 Global Context, 1-02 Asian Context, 1-03 U.S. and Asia, 1-04 China Strong or Weak?, 1-05 Shared Prosperity in Greater China, 1-06 China Chapter, 1-07 Japan Chapter, 1-08 Russia Chapter, 1-09 Republic of Korea Chapter, 1-10 North Korea Chapter, 1-11 Mongolia Chapter.

Volume II File size: 4.9 MB
Executive Summary, Chapter 1: Bangladesh, Ch. 2: India, Ch. 3: Nepal, Ch. 4: Sri Lanka, Ch. 5: Brunei, Ch. 6: Burma (Myanmar), Ch. 7: Cambodia, Ch. 8: Indonesia, Ch. 9: Laos, Ch. 10: Malaysia, Ch. 11: Philippines, Ch. 12: Singapore, Ch. 13: Thailand, Ch. 14: Vietnam, Ch. 15: East Timor, Ch. 16: Australia, Ch. 17: Fiji, Ch. 18: Guam, Ch. 19: Tonga, New Zealand - See Volume I, Ch. 2, Asian Context : Financial Turmoil for New Zealand Case Study.

Volume III File size: 3.6 MB
Ch. 1: The Global Economic Role of the Asia-Pacific Region, Ch. 2: The U.S. Economic Stake in Asia, Ch. 3: The U.S. & Japan and the Energy "Rise" of China & India, Ch. 4: Environmental Security and Regional Stability, Ch. 5: Hydro-Politics in South Asia: The Domestic Roots of Interstate River Rivalry, Ch. 6: Creating Sustainable Socio-Economic Conditions to Maintain Stability, Ch. 7: Consideration of Gender in Economic Development & Counterterrorism Strategy, Ch. 8: Can Hollywood Help Counter Radical Ideology Abroad?, Ch. 9: Russia and the Asia-Pacific: Trends, Threats, and Common Threads, Ch. 10: Southeast Asian Receptiveness to Japanese Maritime Security Cooperation, Ch. 11: Influence of Economics on U.S. Maritime Security Efforts in Asia.

Previous Economic Updates: * Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2005; * Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2002; * Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2000.

URL http://www.pacom.mil/publications/apeu07/index.shtml

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Dr. Leif Rosenberger (leifrosy--at--yahoo.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Govt
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

19 August 2008

Pacific Economic Survey 2008

http://www.pacificsurvey.org/site/index.php

4star
19 Aug 2008

AusAID, Canberra, Australia.

Self-description:
"Pacific Economic Survey 2008 is the first of a series of annual surveys that will provide an overview and update of economic developments in the Pacific island region and Timor-Leste. Each Survey will also include separate chapters on particular issues of importance to the region. This year's Survey examines the challenges of better connecting the Pacific through impoved telecommunication, aviation and shipping services.

Pacific Economic Survey 2008 covers the 14 Pacific island members of the Pacific Islands Forum and Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is included because it shares many of the development challenges of the Pacific island nations and because of its close proximity. The Survey was guided by a regional steering group of leading regional figures from the Pacific and senior AusAID staff. The principal authors of the Survey were AusAID Chief Economist Dr Stephen Howes and AusAID economic adviser, Matthew Morris, who drew on expertise from the region and around the world."

Site contents:
* Growth Update (Ch. 1 - Pacific Growth Performance, Ch. 2 - Structural Reforms and Sectoral Developments, Background Paper - Pacific Performance and Outlook); * Telecommunications (Ch. 3 - Connecting the Pacific, Ch. 4 - Telecommunications, Background Paper - Telecommunications in the Pacific); * Aviation (Ch. 5 - Aviation, Background Paper - Aviation in the Pacific); * Shipping (Ch. 6 - Shipping); * About the Survey; * Photo Gallery (Mobile Phones, Internet, Aviation, Shipping, Roads, Tourism, Fishing, Mining, Ports, Oil, Employment, Population Growth, Health, Climate Change, Agricultural Exports, Forestry); * Contact.

URL http://www.pacificsurvey.org/site/index.php

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Max Quanchi (m.quanchi--at--qut.edu.au), forwarded by aaaps--at--anu.edu.au

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

18 August 2008

"Recollecting Tibet" [Online Documentary Film, 2005-2008]

http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html

4star
18 Aug 2008

Photophormations, VDB Films Ltd, Oakville, ON, Canada

Self-description:
"'Recollecting Tibet' - Documentaries Memories: Chronicles from a camera: A perpetual History.
Over three years from 2005 to 2008, Photophormations worked with the Tibetan government living in exile in Dharamsala, India making 'Recollecting Tibet'. The Documentary examines and questions the state of the Tibetan people living away from the spiritual homeland, surrounded by westernization and how tourism has been assimilated into their culture. The film travels to Tibet documenting the Chinese occupation and the current climate of oppression. With religious practises being restricted in Tibet by the Chinese and many Tibetan women financially forced into prostitution, how can the Tibetans preserve their heritage? The documentary travels to Kathmandu to hear first hand accounts from Tibetans escaping into Nepal each year by risking their lives on the treacherous journey crossing over the Himalayas. Traversing through differing locations and times, the film becomes a visual chronicle of stories and events undertaken by one observer and camera. The narration reflects back upon the histories witnessed leading up to the demonstration in March 2008 and beyond to the perpetual past and future histories of the Tibetans. [...]

Photophormations is a small non profit organisations: an investigative team who work in unstable environments around the world producing documentary, journalism, photojournalism and promotional media for individual groups, NGO and organisations."

Supplied note:
"Hello Photophormations has just finished our documentary on The Tibetan situation which has been made over the last 3 years. To watch film go to link: [at the URL below]. We worked with the Tibetan Government and many organisation's like the TYC and TWA in Dharamsala. We would like to offer the film for your use in any way you wish to help promote the Tibetan situation during this time of the Chinese Olympics to help show what is happening in Tibet now. The film has been on-line [at http://www.munen-mushin.com/tibetfilm.html - ed.] for the last 3 days [i.e. since 15 Aug 2008 - ed.], and caused a massive reaction world wide [...]. If you would like a copy [on DVD - ed.] please fill out the attached form [Not attached to this abstract. However, it can be obtained from (k69hagakure--at--yahoo.co.uk) - ed.] and we can get you a copy. We have screenings on 17 differing [sic] television channels so far around the world from Japan to Canada. [...] - ks."

URL http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Karin Stowe (k69hagakure--at--yahoo.co.uk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

13 August 2008

AsiaPortal [Nordic Perspectives on Modern Asia]

http://www.asiaportal.info

4star
13 Aug 2008

NIAS Library & Information Centre, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Supplied note:
"The AsiaPortal is a gateway to information on modern Asia and a platform for Nordic researchers working on Asia. The portal gives free (and membership based) access to a large amount of resources on Asia - searchable according to geographical areas and subjects.
The AsiaPortal features:
- 'Nordic Perspectives' with an 'Event Calendar' that includes activities related to Asia in the Nordic region (and elsewhere) as well as searchable open access publications and presentation of Nordic researcher working on Asia * 'Newsroom' highlights the latest news from Asia; * 'Academic Resources' gives access to numerous online resources on modern Asia, with full-text access to member institutions; * 'In Focus' introduces topical Asian issues with an in-depth analysis by a Nordic expert and includes extensive background information and related news.
The AsiaPortal is a collaborative venture between NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and the Nordic NIAS Council which includes 25 Nordic universities and research institutes. - ilb."

Site contents:
* IN FOCUS;
* NORDIC COMMENTARY;
* ASIA INSIGHTS (Browse by Region, Browse by Subject, Suggest a link, Nordic Institutes, New resources, Latest additions, Search the collection);
* NORDIC PERSPECTIVES (Asia Area Studies, Institutions, Libraries, Networks, People, Policies, Publications, Research Institutes, Travel Advise, Latest news, Latest additions, Events in the nordic region, Search Nordic Perspectives);
* NEWSROOM (Political news, Business and Economics, Terrorism / Conflicts, Agriculture, Science, Law overview, Central Asia News, Environment, Discussion groups, Climate change, Asian Newspapers);
* ACADEMIC RESOURCES [for registered users only - ed.] (Search Guide, Researchers Toolbox, NNC Newsroom, ELIN @ nias : (Quick Search, Articles, Journals, Databases & links, Books, Newspapers)).

URL http://www.asiaportal.info

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.asiaportal.info

Link reported by: Inga-Lill Blomkvist (ilb--at--nias.ku.dk), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Online Guide/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 [in fact, 2910 external links]

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

11 August 2008

The New Constitution of Republic of Maldives, 2008

http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/home/index.php

4star
11 Aug 2008

Ministry of Legal Reform, Information And Arts, Male, Republic of Maldives

Supplied note:
"The New Constitution of Republic of Maldives, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has ratified the new Constitution of the Republic of Maldives on 7th August 2008. Functional Translation of the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives 2008 [http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/home/upload/downloads/Compilation.pdf - ed.], Ministry of Legal Reform, Information and Arts - fm."

[A PDF document, 459 KB - ed.]

URL http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/home/index.php

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Prof. FUKUNAGA Masaaki (office--at--fukunaga.cc), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

10 August 2008

Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)

http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/

4star
10 Aug 2008

Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, US.

Self-description:
"[...] (ANHS), formerly the Nepal Studies Association (NSA) joins people with wide-ranging interests in the Himalayan region, adjacent highland areas and the Tarai. Our goal is to raise the profile of the world's highest region, increasing awareness of the unequaled diversity of human and natural worlds within the Himalaya-Hindukush. ANHS members include scholars from various academic disciplines, students, resource and development professionals, and a variety of other Himalayan residents and enthusiasts."

Site contents:
* Membership; * Himalaya e-journal [formerly known as The Himalayan Research Bulletin--HRB] (Subscribe, Archives [Vol XXIV No 1 & 2, Vol XXIII No 1, Vol XXIII No 2, Vol XXI No 2, Vol XXI No 1, Vol XX No 1 & 2, Vol XIX No 1, Vol XVIII No 2], Future Issues, Projects, Links, About Us, Contact Us, Bazaar); * Journals [a link to e-journals catalogued by www.digitalhimalaya.com - ed.] * Resources (Resources for Teaching and Research, The Ethnology of Nepal, South Asia Area Centers and Programs in the United States, South Asia Area Centers and Programs Elsewhere).

[Since Feb 15, 2005 the ANHS also manages a "Himal-Research" e-group [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Himal-research/], a listserv with over 180 subscribers. - ed.]

URL http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 100

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

06 August 2008

East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER)

http://www.eaber.org/intranet/main/eaber_home.php

5star
06 Aug 2008

www.eaber.org, Canberra, Australia

Self-description:
"The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research is a forum for high-quality economic research focussing on issues facing the economies of East Asia. It comprises representatives from Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. The rapid development of the East Asian economies, the growth of intra-regional trade, financial and other economic interaction, and East Asia's new role in the global economy all underline the need for access to a vastly increased range of quality economic analysis on East Asia. [...]

EABER [is] Supported By Ministry of Finance, Japan; AusAID; [and the ANU's] Crawford School of Economics and Government. [...]

The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research involves co-operation among key research institutes in Asia, including: The Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Australia, The Economic Institute of Cambodia, Cambodia, The China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, China, The Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong, China, The Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, The SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, The Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan, The Malaysian Institute for Economic Research, Malaysia, The Philippines Institute for Development Studies, the Philippines, The Wee Kim Wee Centre, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics, Singapore, The Korean Institute for Economic Policy, South Korea, The Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Thailand, The Central Institute for Economic Management, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam, The Energy Research Institute (ERI), National Development and Reform Commission, China, The Japan Institute of Energy Economics (IEE), Japan, The Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), South Korea, The Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China, The Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China, The School of Finance, Renmin University of China, China, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University, Australia."

Site contents:
* About * Events * Projects (Advancing Economic Integration in South and East Asia, Institutional Strategies for Improving Micro Economic Policy Foundations, DPU-ANU Research Project, China East Asia Energy Project); * Journals * Bookstore * Macroeconomics * Microeconomics * Trade Labour * Development * Finance * Governance; * Search;

* EABER Newsletter (Aug 2008 Bruce Chapman and Peter Drysdale: Financing Higher Education in East Asia, Jul 2008 Ishrat Husain: Pakistan's Trade Liberalization Experience, Jun 2008 Robert Z Lawrence: Toward a More Effective WTO: the Role of Variable Geometry, May 2008 Shinji Takagi: The IMF and East Asia, Apr 2008 Will Martin, Kym Anderson and Cong S. Pham: Does the GATT/WTO Increase Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region?, Mar 2008 Kym Anderson and Ernesto Valenzuela: Where to for Agricultural Policies in East Asia?, Feb 2008 Christopher Findlay: What Business Wants from Regional Cooperation, Jan 2008 Denis Hew: Blueprint for an ASEAN Economic Community, Dec 2007 Guonan Ma: The Asian Bond Fund Initiatives and Reform through Learning by Doing, Nov 2007 Stephen Grenville: IMF Reform: A Lack-of-Progress Report, Oct 2007 Vo Tri Thanh: Institutions and Private Sector Development in Vietnam, Sept 2007 Peter Drysdale: APEC, East Asia and Reinventing America's Trans-Pacific Relations?, Aug 2007 Mohamed Ariff: Malaysia: Ten Years After the Crisis, Jul 2007 Yu Yongding: China and Asian Regionalism Ten Years After the Crisis, Jun 2007 Shujiro Urata: Japan's New Foreign Economic Policy: A More Strategic and Activist Model?, May 2007 Fan He: Challenges of China's Economic Reform, April 2007 Shiro Armstrong: Politics and the Japan-China Economic Relationship, Mar 2007 Shandre Thangavelu: Southeast Asia's Post-Crisis FDI Performance, Feb 2007 Yiping Huang: The Asian Consensus and Regional Exchange Rate Policies, Dec 2006 Philippa Dee: Institutions for enhancing economic policy performance, Nov 2006 Andrew Sheng: The Asian Way to Integration, Oct 2006 Hadi Soesastro: Finally, a Charter for ASEAN, Sept 2006, Aug 2006, Jul 2006, Jun 2006, May 2006, Apr 2006, Mar 2006).

URL http://www.eaber.org/intranet/main/eaber_home.php

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.eaber.org/intranet/main/eaber_home.php

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

05 August 2008

Picture Paradise - Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s

ttp://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/PICTUREPARADISE/

4star
04 Aug 2008

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, Australia

Self-description:
"Picture Paradise - Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s. 11 July - 9 November 2008. [The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia].

This is the first exhibition to survey the history of photography of our region - from India and Sri Lanka, Southeast and East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to the west coast of North America. It features pioneer local photographers as well as Europeans working in the region. The exhibition reveals the rich heritage and the many outstanding achievements of the first century of photography in the Asia-Pacific region.

This significant gathering of over four hundred original photographs and albums includes gem-like daguerreotype portraits, mass-produced views and portraits on paper made possible by the revolutionary wet-plate and dry-plate glass negative-positive process, and prints from the modern era of small format film cameras and photojournalism."

Site contents:
* About; * Themes (Pioneers: 1840s-60s, The art of photography: 1880s-1910s, Views and portraits: 1860s-80s, Modern times: 1920s-40s, The art of photography: Japan, The art of photography: Ethnographic); * Essay; * Education; * Events.

URL http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/PICTUREPARADISE/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30


Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

04 August 2008

Abstracts of Doctoral Theses on the Indonesian Economy

http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/bies/phdabstracts.php

5star
03 Aug 2008

Indonesia Project, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Self-description:
"As a service to readers BIES [Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/bies/index.php - ed.] has decided regularly to publish abstracts of recently completed doctoral theses on the Indonesian economy. The intention is to bring significant new research in this field, and the authors of such work, to the notice of readers soon after theses have been examined and accepted.

New PhDs are strongly encouraged to submit thesis abstracts of about 500 words for publication in this series. Abstracts must be in English, although the thesis itself may be written in any language.

The subject must be economics in Indonesia, widely interpreted to include fields such as economic history and economic geography; comparative country studies that focus particularly on Indonesia are also acceptable. Theses must have been accepted to be eligible.

Submissions should include the name and contact details of the student's supervisor (not for publication) to allow confirmation of eligibility. They should indicate the year of acceptance of the thesis, the name of the conferring institution and the author's e-mail address, and should be sent to editor.bies--at--anu.edu.au.
Readers, especially former advisers of doctoral candidates, are kindly requested to bring this series to the attention of new PhDs, or to advise the editor if they are aware of recently completed theses that may be suitable for inclusion. Thesis abstracts have been published in the December issue of BIES each year since 2003."

Site contents:
* Volume 43 No. 3, 2007; * Volume 42 No. 3, 2006; * Volume 41 No. 3, 2005; * Volume 40 No. 3, 2004; * Volume 39 No. 3, 2003.

URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/bies/phdabstracts.php

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/bies/phdabstracts.php

Link reported by: Liz Drysdale (liz.drysdale--at--anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

Himalaya Atlas of Aerial Panoramas

http://130.166.124.2/himalaya_atlas1/index.html

4star
01 Aug 2008

California Geographical Survey, Department of Geography, California State University Northridge, CA, US
Supplied note:
"I am pleased to announce the preliminary release of the Himalaya Atlas of Aerial Panoramas, the latest in a series of collections of photorealistic aerial views created [by Dr. William A. Bowen, professor emeritus of the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge - ed.] for Web distribution. The atlas contains over 700 computer generated panoramas that portray every square foot of the vast range between Arunachal Pradesh on the east and Uttar Pradesh on the west, including all of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and portions of Tibet and the lowlands of India. Seeing the Earth from a high place allows us to grasp quickly the essential geography of vast regions that eludes those who are earth bound. Most of these panoramas were created between virtual elevation of 50 to 200 kilometers above sea level with a virtual 35 mm camera equipped with a 22 mm lens. Normally the vistas encompass much more than a thousand square miles (259,000 hectares) of the earth's surface. Images are 2100 x 900 pixels and are best viewed on a reasonably large monitor. [...] As always, please contact me with suggestions and any errors you may discover. Regards, Bill."

Site contents:
* Atlas Introduction; * Reference Maps; * High Peaks of the Himalaya; * 200 km looking North; * 200 km looking South; * Tibet Border South; * Tibet Border North; * 100 km looking North; * Himalaya Crest looking West; * Himalaya Crest looking East; * Himalaya South Slopes W; * Himalaya South Slopes E; * 35 km looking North; * 35 km looking North 2; * Technical Data.

URL http://130.166.124.2/himalaya_atlas1/index.html

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: William Bowen (william.bowen--at--csun.edu)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com