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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

Service Keywords

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >HAZARDS MITIGATION

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >DISASTER RECOVERY/RELIEF

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >HAZARDS PLANNING

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >DISASTER RESPONSE

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >HURRICANES

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >TORNADOES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Ancillary Keywords

Extreme heat

Power Outages

Service Provider

DHHS/CDC/EPR > Emergency Preparedness & Response, CDC, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Service Organization URL: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: CDC PUBLIC INQUIRIES Phone: (404) 639-3311 Phone: (404) 639-3534 Phone: (800) 311-3435 Email: cdcinfo at cdc.gov Contact Address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd. City: Atlanta Province or State: GA Postal Code: 30333 Country: USA