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2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002

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Summary

Abstract: The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social and institutional capacity and global stewardship. The addition of a climate change indicator, reduction in number of capacity indicators, and an improved imputation methodology contributed to an ...

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability covering a number of sustainability dimensions.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

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: 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: 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2002

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

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

Version: 2002.00

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

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > FERTILIZERS

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > PESTICIDES

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

water quality

water quality sampling and analyses

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Water Resource Division, Oregon, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://oregon.usgs.gov

Data Center Personnel
Name: DENNIS D. LYNCH Phone: (503) 251-3200 Fax: (503) 251-3470 Email: ddlynch at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey 10615 S.E. Cherry Blossom Drive City: Portland Province or State: Oregon Postal Code: 97216-3159 Country: USA

Personnel

KATHLEEN A. MCCARTHY

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (503) 251-3257

Email: mccarthy at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

U.S. Geological Survey

10615 SE Cherry Blossom Drive

City: Portland

Province or State: Oregon

Postal Code: 97216-3159

Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

McCarthy, K., U.S. Geological Survey, 2000, Phosphorus and E. Coli in the
Fanno and Bronson Creek Subbasins of the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, during
Summer Low-Flow Conditions, 1996, U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources
Investigations Report 00-4062 U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, Oregon,
http://oregon.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Pdf/00-4062.pdf

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-06-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-12

Future DIF Review Date: 2002-06-27

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