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Natural Resource Management Index (NRMI), 2010 Release

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_NRMI_2010

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Summary

Abstract: The Natural Resource Management Index (NRMI), 2010 Release is a composite index for 157 countries derived from the average of four proximity-to-target indicators for eco-region protection (weighted average percentage of biomes under protected status), access to improved sanitation, access to improved water and child mortality. The 2010 release of the NRMI includes time series NRMIs for 2006, 2007, ...

Purpose: To assist in the country selection process for the Millennium Challenge Account by providing indicators of natural resource management that complements the governance, social, and economic indicators.

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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: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: Natural Resource Management Index (NRMI), 2010 Release

Dataset Release Date: 2010

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 2010.00

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/nrmi-natural-resource-man...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-01-01

Stop Date: 2010-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA > AFGHANISTAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION

LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ELEVATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Project

TSP > The Thermal State of Permafrost

Use Constraints PICCCBY

Data Center

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Data Center URL: http://www.life.tsukuba.ac.jp/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NORIKAZU MATSUOKA Phone: +81-29-853-4540 Fax: +81-29-853-4540 Email: matsuoka at geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp Contact Address: University of Tsukuba 1-1-1 Tennodai City: Tsukuba Postal Code: 305-8572 Country: Japan