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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
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ISO Topic Category
Quality An important part of the data-packaging process at the Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) is the quality assurance (QA) of
the data before their distribution. The QA process is an important
component in the value-added concept of ensuring accurate, usable
information. The complete QA of a data set can be a time-consuming
process, since data received by CDIAC are rarely in condition for
immediate distribution, regardless of source. See the documentation
at http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/epubs/ndp/ndp061a/ndp061a.htm for
details on the quality checks performed for this dataset.
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
Originating Center
Data Center
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CARBON DIOXIDE INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER
Fax: (865) 574-2232
Contact Address:
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O.. Box 2008
City: OAK RIDGE
Province or State: TENNESSEE
Postal Code: 37831-6335
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online (WWW, ftp)
Distribution Format: ASCII, Spreadsheets
Fees: none

Distribution Media: 8-mm tape, 1/4" tape cartridge, floppy diskettes
Distribution Format: ASCII, Spreadsheets
Fees: none
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 702-673-7447
Fax: 702-673-7485
Email: tball at maxey.dri.edu
Contact Address:
Biological Sciences Center
Desert Research Institute
P.O. Box 60220
City: Reno
Province or State: NV
Postal Code: 89506
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Allen, L.H., Jr., B.G. Drake, H.H. Rogers, and J.H. Shinn. 1992. Field
techniques for exposure of plants and ecosystems to elevated CO2 and
other trace gases. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 11:85-119.
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Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 1998-05-15

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