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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 ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability covering a number of sustainability dimensions.
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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: 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
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 160 m thermal infrared
Longitude Resolution: 160 m thermal infrared
Temporal Resolution: 26 days
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Platform
CBERS-2 > China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite 2 Ancillary Description
Instrument
IRMSS > Infrared Multispectral Scanner Ancillary Description
Project
Access Constraints All images are fully cost free when requested (via Internet). These images are (by default) sent via FTP to the users for downloading. It can rather be recorded on a CD media and mailed to the user, what implies costs (media plus mailing) driving the user to register at the Users Assistance Service (ATUS) for tax payment and shipment procedures.
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Data Center
Image Generation Division, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.dgi.inpe.br/siteDgi/index_pt.php

Data Center Personnel
Name: ATUS USERS ASSISTANCE SERVICE
Phone: +55 (12) 3186-9226
Fax: +55 (12) 3101 1507
Email: atus at dgi.inpe.br
Contact Address:
Rod. Pres. Dutra, km 40
City: Cachoeira Paulista
Province or State: SP
Postal Code: 12630-000
Country: Brazil
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 1.5 Mb per band
Distribution Format: GeoTiff

Distribution Media: CD-ROM
Distribution Size: 1.5 Mb per band
Distribution Format: GeoTiff
Fees: Media and delivering costs
Personnel
ATUS USERS ASSISTANCE SERVICE
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +55 (12) 3186-9226
Fax: +55 (12) 3101 1507
Email: atus at dgi.inpe.br
Contact Address:
Rod. Pres. Dutra, km 40
City: Cachoeira Paulista
Province or State: SP
Postal Code: 12630-000
Country: Brazil
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-08-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-09-06

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