Research Guides: POLS 161: Global Political Economy: Race, Labor, Power (HC): Data

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County and City Extra : annual metro, city, and county data book.
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Includes statistical information for metropolitan areas and cities. Print copies only.
Data.gov
Data.gov provides access through a searchable catalog to U.S. government data. The broad range of topic areas reflects the mandate of U.S. government agencies to capture data in their varied areas of responsibility.
Explore Census Data
Find demographic, social and economic data compiled by the U. S. Census Bureau. Includes tables, maps and data visualizations.
GovInfo
The Government Publishing Office's information system provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
HUD User
Portal to reports and research from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

ProQuest Congressional
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Note in particular the information available in Congressional hearings where expert witnesses testify. Provides daily updated information on the U.S. legislature, including full text of bills starting in 1989, public laws starting in 1988, committee reports starting in 1990, House and Senate documents starting in 1995, Congressional Record starting in 1985, Federal Register starting in 1980, National Journal starting in 1977 and other government information.

S4: Spatial Structure in the Social Sciences
Projects hosted for the U. S. include Diversity and Disparities, Landscape of Loss and US Education.
Projects for other world regions include Rio/São Paulo Project, South Africa Segregation, Urban China Research Network and Urban Transformation in South Africa. S4 is sponsored by Brown University.

State of the Cities Data Systems
Aggregates statistics from many sources and includes demographics, employment, business patterns, crime, building permits, housing affordability, and city finance.

Africapolis
This database about cities and urbanization in Africa combines demographic data with satellite images. It is sponsored by the OECD and the West Africa Club.
Country Statistical Yearbooks
List of online resources maintained by the University of Wisconsin.
Demographia
Worldwide resources focused on cities and population.
GHSL - Global Human Settlement Layer
Website with databases and tools for analyzing the impacts of the human presence on earth. See in particular the Degree of Urbanisation tab and the Urban Centre Database. 2019. Sponsored by the European Union.
UN-Habitat Open Data
A compilation of urban indicators data including information on slums and Covid 19.
Urbanization
Web page from the United Nations focused on data and publications.
S4: Spatial Structure in the Social Sciences
Projects hosted for the U. S. include Diversity and Disparities, Landscape of Loss and US Education.
Projects for other world regions include Rio/São Paulo Project, South Africa Segregation, Urban China Research Network and Urban Transformation in South Africa. S4 is sponsored by Brown University.

Gapminder
Global development presented graphically with your choice of countries, time period, and indicators.
International Country Risk Guide
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The ICRG (International Country Risk Guide) Researcher's Dataset from the PRS Group comprises 22 variables in three subcategories of risk (political, financial, and economic), for 146 countries, over the period 1984 to the previous year. Data are annual averages of components published in the International Country Risk Guide.
UNData
Includes a section for data by individual countries.

World Development Indicators (WDI) Online This link opens in a new window
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It includes more than 1100 indicators on population, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environment, covering 210 countries and 18 regional and income groups. Also includes the International Debt Statistics (IDS) database. Data ranges from 1960-present.

Environmental Protection Agency
Under the tab Environmental Topics, choose your research interest. Also beneath the fold see the section Your Community for information about waste in the Philadelphia area.
Examples of resources include Regulatory Information by Topic Waste.
GREENR - an interdisciplinary environmental database
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A great resources for getting statistical, scientific, social and business data from multiple sources and formats.
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (U.S. EPA)
United Nations Environment programme
This link shows material, including statistics, related to the environment and to globalization.