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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 ... View entire text

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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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
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 km
Longitude Resolution: 1 km
Temporal Resolution: daily
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
NOAA-11 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11 Ancillary Description
Instrument
AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Ancillary Description
Project
Use Constraints - For the fire product presented here interested people should contact
Pilar Illera or Jose Luis Casanova.

- Reference should be made to the publications listed in the Reference
section.
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
VALLADOLID
Data Center
Department of Applied Physics, University of Valladolid, Spain Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.cie.uva.es/ftao/

Data Center Personnel
Name: UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID
Contact Address:
University of Valladolid
Department of Applied Physic
Laboratory of Remote Sensing (LATUV)
Postal Code: 47071
Country: SPAIN
Distribution
Distribution Media: CD-ROM, online WWW
Distribution Format: ASCII, GIF Images
Fees: None for online access
Personnel
PILAR ILLERA GUTIERREZ
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 34 79 729048
Fax: 34 79 712099
Email: illera at cpd.uva.es
Contact Address:
E.T.S. de Ingenierias Agrarias
Avda de Madrid 57
City: Palencia
Postal Code: 34071
Country: Spain
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Publications/References
Fernandez A., Illera, P., Delgado, J. A. and Calle, A. (1995). A
system for operational fire monitoring using AVHRR images. Proc. The
Meteorological Satellite Data Users' Conference. Polar Orbiting
Systems. Winchester, U.K. 4th-8th September 1995. Ed. Eumetsat.
pp. 123-130.

Fernandez A., Illera, P. and Casanova, J.L. (1997). Automatic mapping
of surfaces affected by forest fires in Spain using AVHRR NDVI
composite image data. Remote Sensing of Environment. In press.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-09-22

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