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[Science_Parameters: Science_Category='EARTH SCIENCE', Science_Topic='HUMAN DIMENSIONS', Science_Term='LAND USE/LAND COVER']
MapProxy - An open Source Proxy for Geospatial Data
Entry ID: MapProxy
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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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MapProxy is released under the Apache Software License 2.0.
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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 (2001), 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, New Haven, CT, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-environmental-sustain...
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