World Problems Project (Explanations)
World Problems: Statistics (Relationships) 06/10/1998
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Indication of the status at the beginning of the
Ecolynx Project (Information Context for Biodiversity Conservation) funded
by the European Union within the framework of Info2000.
See separate documents for statistics on text content (1998) and statistics on Feedback Loops Linking World Problems (2000)
See separate documents for statistics on text content (1998) and statistics on Feedback Loops Linking World Problems (2000)
The type codes by which problems and strategies are distinguished in the following table are explained in separate documents (World Problems: Type Codes; Global Strategies: Type Codes).
A: Analysis of problem relationships
| Section | Entries | Hierarchical relations | Functional relations | Analysis of relationships | ||||||
| Effective section | Number of entries | Broader problems | Narrower problems | Related problems | Aggravating/ed problems | Reducing/ed problems | Top of hierarchy | Bottom of hierarchy | Not
in hierarchy (no broader / narrower) |
Either
source or sink (no aggravating/ed relationships) |
| A | 198 | 151 | 334 | 2787 | 61 | 3 | 51 | 84 | 1 | 31 |
| B | 188 | 271 | 2089 | 559 | 2156 | 99 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| C | 649 | 1254 | 4615 | 955 | 6161 | 279 | 35 | 42 | 1 | 26 |
| D | 2586 | 5630 | 8771 | 2808 | 15953 | 691 | 30 | 858 | 8 | 578 |
| E | 4642 | 9087 | 6263 | 3175 | 13111 | 609 | 18 | 2950 | 29 | 1479 |
| F | 3227 | 6402 | 7319 | 4356 | 20668 | 1169 | 219 | 1290 | 183 | 821 |
| G | 5721 | 6859 | 4550 | 573 | 2433 | 106 | 3 | 4608 | 157 | 810 |
| unassigned = J | 231 | 287 | 119 | 112 | 438 | 32 | 15 | 137 | 42 | 104 |
| genus = R | 1666 | 1667 | 8193 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species = S | 10407 | 10412 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10406 | 0 | 2 |
| unsatisfactory = U | 180 | 172 | 5 | 25 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 144 | 31 | 51 |
| duplicates = Z | 2384 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2361 | 3 |
| Total | 32079 | 42209 | 42266 | 15352 | 61093 | 2996 | 418 | 20538 | 2814 | 3917 |
| Adjusted total | 29515 | 42020 | 42254 | 15327 | 60997 | 2988 | 410 | 20377 | 422 | 3863 |
| Previous total | 29287 | 41557 | 41790 | 15069 | 60084 | 2974 | 398 | 20268 | 389 | 3748 |
| 3 months increase | 228 | 463 | 464 | 258 | 913 | 14 | 12 | 109 | 33 | 115 |
| Percentage increase | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 8% | 3% |
| 4th Ed (Apr 94) | 12203 | 22855 | 23177 | 11743 | 59716 | 2714 | 321 | 6737 | 345 | 602 |
| increase over 4th Ed (Apr 94) | 17312 | 19165 | 19077 | 3584 | 1281 | 274 | 89 | 13640 | 77 | 3261 |
| % increase over 4th Ed | 142% | 84% | 82% | 31% | 2% | 10% | 28% | 202% | 22% | 542% |
B: Totals of problem relationships
| Section | Entries | Relationship totals | |||||||
| Effective section |
Number of entries | Total problem links | Total bibliographic links | Total organisation links | Total strategy links | Total humdev links | Total values links | Total web links | Total X-refs |
| A | 198 | 3336 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 3531 |
| B | 188 | 5174 | 312 | 10 | 805 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6311 |
| C | 649 | 13264 | 678 | 0 | 2382 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16337 |
| D | 2586 | 33853 | 1731 | 25 | 7240 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 42902 |
| E | 4642 | 32245 | 1442 | 91 | 2116 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 36006 |
| F | 3227 | 39914 | 832 | 3 | 8717 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 49484 |
| G | 5721 | 14521 | 14 | 39 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 14808 |
| unassigned = J | 231 | 988 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1036 |
| genus = R | 1666 | 9861 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9867 |
| species = S | 10407 | 10430 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10448 |
| unsatisfactory = U | 180 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 |
| duplicates = Z | 2384 | 30 | 152 | 1 | 228 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 430 |
| Total | 32079 | 163916 | 5181 | 173 | 21750 | 0 | 191 | 265 | 191476 |
| Adjusted total | 29515 | 163586 | 5029 | 172 | 21506 | 0 | 177 | 260 | 190730 |
| Previous total | 29287 | 161474 | 4997 | 29 | 21441 | 0 | 178 | 95 | 188214 |
| 3 months increase | 228 | 2112 | 32 | 143 | 65 | 0 | -1 | 165 | 2516 |
| Percentage increase | 1% | 1% | 1% | 493% | 0% | n/a | -1% | 174% | 1% |
| 4th Ed (Apr 94) | 12203 | 120205 | 4659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124864 |
| increase over 4th Ed (Apr 94) | 17312 | 43381 | 370 | 172 | 21506 | 0 | 177 | 260 | 65866 |
| % increase over 4th Ed | 142% | 36% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 53% |
Last Updated on 12/10/98 by Nadia McLaren
