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2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005

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Summary
Abstract: The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national environmental stewardship based on a compilation of 21 indicators derived from 76 underlying datasets. The 2005 version of the ESI represents a significant update and improvement on earlier ... View entire text

Purpose: To create a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability and to provide a mechanism for making environmental management more quantitative, empirically grounded and systematic.
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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: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and World Economic Forum, and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission
Dataset Title: 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2005.00
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-environmental-sustain...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1980-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31
Location Keywords
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
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Science Keywords
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Platform
GRACE > Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Ancillary Description
Instrument
GRACE LRR > Laser Retro-Reflector Ancillary Description
GRACE INTERFEROMETER
Ancillary Keywords
Data Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: CYNTHIA L STARR
Phone: 301.286.3737
Fax: 301.286.1776
Email: cynthia.l.starr at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 610.3
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Publications/References
Thomas Jacob, John Wahr, W. Tad Pfeffer & Sean Swenson (2012), Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise, Nature, doi:doi:10.1038/nature10847, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10847...
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-02-13
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-13

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