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 ... View entire text

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
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Quality Unknown
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
Leetown Science Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CRAIG SNYDER
Phone: 304-724-4468
Phone: 304-724-4472
Fax: 304-728-6203
Email: craig_snyder at usgs.gov
Email: rita_villella at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division
Leetown Science Center
1700 Leetown Road
City: Kearneysville
Province or State: WV
Postal Code: 25430
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 304-724-4468
Phone: 304-724-4472
Fax: 304-728-6203
Email: craig_snyder at usgs.gov
Email: rita_villella at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division
Leetown Science Center
1700 Leetown Road
City: Kearneysville
Province or State: WV
Postal Code: 25430
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Citation Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, BRD, Leetown Science Center
Publication Date: 1997
Title: Opequon watershed report
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Kearneysville, WV
Publisher: U.S Geological Survey, BRD, Leetown Science Center
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-09-28

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