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2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002

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Summary

Abstract: The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social and institutional capacity and global stewardship. The addition of a climate change indicator, reduction in number of capacity indicators, and an improved imputation methodology contributed to an ...

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability covering a number of sustainability dimensions.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Link: GET RELATED VISUALIZATION

Description: Maps in PDF and PNG formats.

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: 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2002

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Version: 2002.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map

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

Service Keywords

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >DISASTER RECOVERY/RELIEF

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS >WEB-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >INFRASTRUCTURE >TRANSPORTATION

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >NATURAL HAZARDS >EARTHQUAKES

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

TRANSPORTATION

Platform

LANDSAT-7

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

Japan

Earthquake

Service Provider

ESRI > Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Service Organization URL: http://www.esri.com/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: CUSTOMER SERVICE - ESRI Phone: 1-800-447-9778, 909-793-2853 Fax: 909-793-5953 Email: info at esri.com Contact Address: ESRI 380 New York Street City: Redlands Province or State: CA Postal Code: 92373-8100 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online

Fees: No fees

Personnel

CUSTOMER SERVICE - ESRI

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 1-800-447-9778, 909-793-2853

Fax: 909-793-5953

Email: info at esri.com

Contact Address:

ESRI

380 New York Street

City: Redlands

Province or State: CA

Postal Code: 92373-8100

Country: USA

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

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2011-03-16
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-03-17

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