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Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11

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Summary

Abstract: The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), the Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard, the Wellbeing of Nations, and 2006 National ...

Purpose: To make the acquisition, comparison and analysis of sustainability indicators easier by compiling them in a single database, incorporating multiple country codes, and condensing the indicator descriptions into short methodological summaries in an accompanying data dictionary.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1

Dataset Release Date: 2007

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.01

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-complete-collection...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1973-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Ancillary Keywords

Cliamte Diagnostics

Data Center

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy

Data Center URL: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CARBON DIOXIDE INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER Fax: (865) 574-2232 Contact Address: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O.. Box 2008 City: OAK RIDGE Province or State: TENNESSEE Postal Code: 37831-6335 Country: USA

Publications/References

Keeling, C.D. (1984), Atmospheric and oceanographic measurements needed for establishment of a data base for carbon dioxide from fossil fuels., In The Potential Effects of Carbon Dioxide-Induced Climatic Changes in Alaska. (Miscellaneous, etc.). The Proceedings of a Conference., School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-06-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-06-08

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