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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

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Summary
Abstract: The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.
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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: 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2001
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2001.00
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular
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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Data Resolution
Horizontal Resolution Range: 30 meters - < 100 meters
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
LANDSAT Ancillary Description
LANDSAT-2 Ancillary Description
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Instrument
MSS > Multispectral Scanner Ancillary Description
Ancillary Keywords
Originating Center
Earth Observation Center (EOC)
Data Center
Remote Sensing Technology Center, Japan Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.restec.or.jp/top_e.html
Dataset ID: MSS

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Phone: 81-3-3403-1761
Fax: 81-3-3403-1766
Contact Address:
Data Service Department
Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
Uni-Roppongi Bldg. 7-15-17, Roppongi
City: Tokyo
Province or State: Minato-ku
Postal Code: 106
Country: Japan
Personnel
YUKIO HARUYAMA
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 81-3-5470-4252
Fax: 81-3-3432-3969
Contact Address:
Program Planning and Management Department
NASDA Head Office
Hamamatsu-cho
City: Minato-ku Tokyo
Postal Code: 105
Country: Japan
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Publications/References
Landsat Data Users Handbook (Japanese)

Format Description of Landsat MSS CCT (Japanese)
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-07-18

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