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2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2010

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Summary
Abstract: The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on environmental performance based on twenty-five indicators grouped within ten core policy categories addressing environmental health, air quality, water resource management, biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and climate change in the context of two broad objectives: environmental health and ecosystem ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative clearly defined targets.
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Link: GET DATA
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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, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission
Dataset Title: 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Dataset Release Date: 2010
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2010.00
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-perform...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1994-01-01
Stop Date: 2009-12-31
Location Keywords
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA
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Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS >DESKTOP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
Platform
BALLOONS Ancillary Description
Instrument
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS Ancillary Description
TIMAX > X-Ray Imaging Telescope
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
INPE
Data Center
Astrophysics Division, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.das.inpe.br/
Dataset ID: DAS/TIMAX > Laboratory X-Ray Images

Data Center Personnel
Name: JOAO BRAGA
Phone: +55.123.25.6735
Fax: +55.123.21.8743
Email: BRAGA at DAS.INPE.BR
Contact Address:
Astrophysics Division - DAS
Coordination of Space and Atmospheric Sciences - CEA
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE
Caixa Postal 515
City: Sao Jose dos Campos
Postal Code: CEP 12.201-970
Country: Brazil
Personnel
ALEXANDRE MAGNO RODRIGUES ALVES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +55.123.25.6742
Fax: +55.123.21.8743
Email: MAGRO at DAS.INPE.BR
Contact Address:
Astrophysics Division - DAS
Coordination of Space and Atmospheric Sciences - CEA
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE
Caixa Postal 515
City: Sao Jose dos Campos
Province or State: SP
Postal Code: CEP 12201-970
Country: Brazil
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Publications/References
Braga, J., Villela, T., Jayanthi, U.B., D'Amico, F., Neri, J.A., A New
Mask-Antimask Coded Aperture Telescope for Hard X-Ray Astronomy, Experimental Astronomy, 2, 101-113, 1991.
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Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-07-13

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