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2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2012

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Summary

Abstract: The 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 132 countries on 22 performance indicators in the following 10 policy categories: environmental burden of disease, water (effects on human health), air pollution (effects on human health), air pollution (ecosystem effects), water resources (ecosystem effects), biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture and climate change. These ...

Purpose: To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets.

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Description: Data in PDF and XLS formats.

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: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, World Economic Forum (WEF), Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission

Dataset Title: 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index

Dataset Release Date: 2012

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

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

Version: 2012.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-perform...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-01-01

Stop Date: 2010-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > EUROPE > SOUTHERN EUROPE > ALBANIA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > AMPHIBIANS > FROGS/TOADS > TOADS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

ultraviolet B radiation

habitats

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Leetown Science Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: VICKI BLAZER Phone: 304 724-4434 Email: vicki_blazer at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division Leetown Science Center 11700 Leetown Road City: Kearneysville Province or State: West Virginia Postal Code: 25430 Country: USA