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2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000

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Summary

Abstract: The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current ...

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -55.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2000

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Version: 2000.00

Data Presentation Form: document

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-pilot-environmental-s...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1978-01-01

Stop Date: 1999-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints Data are not expected to be used on a for-profit basis. Use of the data for commercial or for-profit applications are permitted only via written permission from the managers of the data network and from the component data caretakers. Proper acknowledgment of the ACIMS is expected. In most instances the boundaries of each ESA (polygon) is an approximation and were originally hand-drawn on 1:250 000 maps. The significant features within an ESA polygon may not be evenly distributed nor contiguous.Data are provided on an "as is" basis - no responsibility by ACIMS or by the caretakers of the original data is accepted for uses or misuses. There is no guarantee of the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data or information.

Ancillary Keywords

Habitat Assessment

Rare Plants

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Alberta Parks – Tourism, Government of Alberta, Canada