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2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000

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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 ... View entire text

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.
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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: 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
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
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Science Keywords
OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > ADVECTION Parameter Definition
OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS Parameter Definition
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Data Center
PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.pangaea.de/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAN SCHULZ
Phone: +49(471)924149-2201
Phone: +49(1761)92419-31
Fax: +49(471)92419-2210
Email: jan.schulz at imare.de
Contact Address:
Institute for Marine Resources
Klussmannstrasse
City: Bremerhaven
Postal Code: 27570
Country: Germany
Personnel
JAN SCHULZ
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +49(471)924149-2201
Phone: +49(1761)92419-31
Fax: +49(471)92419-2210
Email: jan.schulz at imare.de
Contact Address:
Institute for Marine Resources
Klussmannstrasse
City: Bremerhaven
Postal Code: 27570
Country: Germany
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Publications/References
Schulz, Jan, Tamm, Susanne, Moll, Andreas, Zabanski, Stefan (2008). GLOBEC-Germany - Integrated Datasets, WDC-MARE Reports, 7, 28 pp, incl. CD-ROM, ISSN 1611 - 6577 (print version), ISSN 1862 - 4022 (digital version), hdl:10013/epic.32135.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-10-26

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