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2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005

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Summary

Abstract: The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national environmental stewardship based on a compilation of 21 indicators derived from 76 underlying datasets. The 2005 version of the ESI represents a significant update and improvement on earlier ...

Purpose: To create a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability and to provide a mechanism for making environmental management more quantitative, empirically grounded and systematic.

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

Dataset Title: 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2005.00

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

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

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map

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

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL

REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES >KNOWLEDGE/DECISION SYSTEMS

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA DELIVERY

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST FIRE SCIENCE

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >HURRICANES

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Platform

GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

GOES I-M IMAGER

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

REASON > Research, Education, and Applications Solution Network

Ancillary Keywords

Red Tide

Service Provider

NASA/MSFC/NSSTC > National Space Science and Technology Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

Service Organization URL: http://www.nsstc.org/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: SARA GRAVES Phone: 256-824-6064 Email: sgraves at itsc.uah.edu Contact Address: Information Technology and Systems Center University of Alabama in Huntsville City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35899 Country: USA