2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000

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Summary
Abstract: The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current ... View entire text

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
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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: 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2000
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2000.00
Data Presentation Form: document
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-pilot-environmental-s...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1978-01-01
Stop Date: 1999-12-31
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Service Keywords
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >ARCHIVING Parameter Definition
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >CATALOGING Parameter Definition
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL Parameter Definition
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA INTEROPERABILITY Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY >VISIBILITY Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE >ALTITUDE >GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT Parameter Definition
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Access Constraints MADIS subscribers can receive real-time data by requesting an
ftp account, or by requesting LDM access. Subscribers can also
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Personnel
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5126
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2002-03-27
SERF Last Revision Date: 2013-04-02

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