Link Captions

• - Link 1: Network diagram of interconnected factors influencing the future of the world. It is based on the UN program on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change.

• - Link 2: Geographical distribution of different computer networks (Internet, BitNet but not Internet, UUCP, FidoNet, OSI), (a) 1/1993, (b)2/15/1994 These and maps for other years are available through:
  ftp.cs.wisc.edu/connectivity_table.

• - Link 3: Comparison between population growth and Internet growth. Note, that this graph represents a linear extrapolation and only illustrates the rapid growth of Internet activity. More recent data show a decrease of the growthrate, providing evidence for a phase transition in global connectivity .

• - Link 4: Network diagram illustrating some of the currently available resources on the Internet.

• - Link 5: The Virtual Tourist - World, a geographical interface to Internet resources. (Original available at: http://wings.buffalo.edu/world)

• - Link 6: DEMOGRAPHY &POPULATION; STUDIES page of the THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. This document was accessed in realtime during the presentation.

• - Link 7: POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK (POPIN) of the United Nations. This link connects to a gopher server, Currently the second most popular Internet access tool (after WWW/Mosaic). The address is: gopher://gopher.undp.org/00/ungophers/popin

• - Link 8: WWW server of the World Health Organization (http://www.who.ch/)

• - Link 9: Internet Resources Meta-Index, a standard document with links to different Internet Internet access tools.

• - Link 10: Hunger Web home-page at Brown University (http://www-hunger.students.brown.edu/oxfam).