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2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000
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 ... status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, national capacity to respond, and contributions to global environmental stewardship. The index was unveiled at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, January 2000, Davos, Switzerland. The 2000 Pilot ESI is the result of collaboration among the World Economic Forum (WEF), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP), and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
The report of the methodologies and the results in Portable Document Format (PDF) are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).  Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.
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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
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE
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AIR QUALITY
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EMISSIONS
ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > NITROGEN OXIDES
ATMOSPHERE
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AIR QUALITY
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PARTICULATES
ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > SULFUR OXIDES
ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > DEFORESTATION
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIOECONOMICS > INDUSTRIALIZATION
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > URBANIZATION/URBAN SPRAWL
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > WATER MANAGEMENT
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > PUBLIC HEALTH > DISEASES/EPIDEMICS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED SOLIDS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > TOXIC CHEMICALS
LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION
LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > EROSION
LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL STRUCTURE
SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS > COAL
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS/VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS > CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROGEN DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROGEN OXIDES
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROUS OXIDE
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > SULFUR COMPOUNDS > SULFUR DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > SULFUR COMPOUNDS > SULFUR OXIDES
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR > VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SUSTAINABILITY > ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ISO Topic Category
Project
Access Constraints
None
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Data Center
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Email:
info at usap-data.org
Contact Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
City:
Palisades
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
845 365 8827
Fax:
845 365 8179
Email:
robinb at ldeo.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
City:
Palisades
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
845 365 8592
Fax:
845 365 8179
Email:
buck at ldeo.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
City:
Palisades
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(512) 471-0489
Fax:
(512) 471-8844
Email:
blank at ig.utexas.edu
Contact Address:
J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 | 10100 Burnet Rd.
City:
Austin
Province or State:
TX
Postal Code:
78758
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2002-09-19
Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-04-19
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