This edition has been revised and up-dated to the year 2001 and features: a range of reference maps specially designed for educational use, which have been classroom-tested; topic maps including climate, population, economic activities and development issues; satellite images with supporting maps to illustrate key environmental issues; a range of world maps on environmental and socio-economic topics; data and statistics from international sources; and a comprehensive index with full latitude and longitude co-ordinates. The maps, are specially designed for educational use and are identical to the educational edition used in schools, so are ideal for homework. It is a resource for home project work across the curriculum for juniors and key stage 3, for 14 to 16 year olds, it is designed to meet the requirements of GCSE and Standard Grade.