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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

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EDGES

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Quality The data is in the publications and held at the University of Otago and Victoria University of Wellington. Please contact the investigators for more information.

Ancillary Keywords

MARGINAL ICE ZONE

OCEAN WAVE FIELD

SEA ICE BREAK UP

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Antarctic Institute, New Zealand

Data Center URL: http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/

Data Center Personnel
Name: SHULAMIT GORDON Phone: +64 3 358 0200 Fax: +64 3 358 0211 Email: s.gordon at antarcticanz.govt.nz Contact Address: Antarctica New Zealand Private Bag 4745 City: Christchurch Country: New Zealand

Personnel

TIM HASKELL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +64 4 931 3000

Fax: +64 4 931 3754

Email: t.haskell at irl.cri.nz

Contact Address:

Industrial Research Ltd.

Gracefield Road

PO BOX 31310

City: Lower Hutt

Country: New Zealand

Publications/References

Meylan, M.H. Squire, V.A. Fox, C. Toward realism in modelling ocean wave behaviour in marginal ice zones. Journal of geophysical research 102(C10): 22,981-22,991, 1997.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-02-11

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-02-12

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