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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 ... View entire text

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
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Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS >DESKTOP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS Parameter Definition
HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >POLITICAL DIVISIONS Parameter Definition
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Platform
TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) Ancillary Description
Instrument
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Ancillary Description
Project
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-Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0+ for Resource Browser
-Speed: 500 MHz or faster, 800MHz for 3D or Geology, 1.5GHz for High-Resolution
Geology
-RAM: 128 MB minimum, 256 MB or more for 3D or Geology, 512MB for
High-Resolution Geology
-Hard Drive Space: 130 MB minimum, 250 MB with 3D & High-Resolution Geology
-Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768
-Screen Color: At least 16 bit
-Graphics Card: 16MB of video RAM minimum
Ancillary Keywords
Service Provider
RITI > Reading Information Technology, Inc. Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://www.riti.com/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: RITI
Phone: (781) 942-1655
Fax: (781) 942-2161
Email: riti at riti.com
Contact Address:
274 Main St.
Suite 302
City: Reading
Province or State: MA
Postal Code: 01867
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: CD-ROM
Fees: Fee
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2007-02-07
SERF Last Revision Date: 2007-02-07

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