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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

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Summary

Abstract: The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, ...

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

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: 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2001

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

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

Version: 2001.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular

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

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 30 m
Longitude Resolution: 30 m
Temporal Resolution: 16 days

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

LANDSAT-7

Instrument

ETM+ > Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus

Project

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Access Constraints All images are fully cost free when requested (via Internet). These images are (by default) sent via FTP to the users for downloading. It can rather be recorded on a CD media and mailed to the user, what implies costs (media plus mailing) driving the user to register at the Users Assistance Service (ATUS) for tax payment and shipment procedures.

Ancillary Keywords

ETM+

INPE

Data Center

Image Generation Division, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

Data Center URL: http://www.dgi.inpe.br/siteDgi/index_pt.php

Data Center Personnel
Name: ATUS USERS ASSISTANCE SERVICE Phone: +55 (12) 3186-9226 Fax: +55 (12) 3101 1507 Email: atus at dgi.inpe.br Contact Address: Rod. Pres. Dutra, km 40 City: Cachoeira Paulista Province or State: SP Postal Code: 12630-000 Country: Brazil

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Format: GeoTiff

Distribution Media: CD

Distribution Format: GeoTiff

Fees: Media and shipping costs

Extended Metadata Properties

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-08-29

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-09-07

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