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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.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -55.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Service Citation

Originators: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University
Title: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University
Release_Date: 2007
Provider: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Columbia University
URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapviewer/

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING

REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES >KNOWLEDGE/DECISION SYSTEMS

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY >EMISSIONS

ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY >NITROGEN OXIDES

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

ALGAE

ANABAENA

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Columbia Environmental Research Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CHRIS HENKE Phone: (573) 875-5399 Fax: (573) 876-1863 Email: chris_henke at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division Columbia Environmental Research Center 4200 New Haven Road City: Columbia Province or State: MO Postal Code: 65201-9634 Country: USA

Personnel

JAMES F. FAIRCHILD

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (573) 876-1871

Fax: (573) 876-1896

Email: James_Fairchild at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

U.S. Geological Survey

Biological Resources Division

4200 New Haven Road

City: Columbia

Province or State: Missouri

Postal Code: 65201

Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Columbia
Environmental Research Center (formerly known as Environmental and
Contaminants Research Center) James F. Fairchild, D. Shane Ruessler
and A. Ron Carlson. 1998. Comparative Sensitivity of Five Species of
Macrophytes and Six Species of Algae to Atrazine, Metribuzin,
Alachlor, and Metolachlor. Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry. Vol. 17, No. 9 pp. 1830-1840.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-04-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-03-11

Future DIF Review Date: 2001-04-01

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