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2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005_2005.00
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 versions; ...
![]() 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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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, World Economic Forum - WEF, and Joint Research Centre - JRC - European Commission
Dataset Title:
2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date:
2005-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Dataset Release Place:
Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher:
NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version:
2005.00
Dataset DOI:
10.7927/H40V89R6
Online Resource:
https://doi.org/10.7927/H40V89R6
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1980-01-01
Stop Date:
2000-01-01
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None
Use Constraints
Users are free to use, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes, without restriction, as long as clear attribution of the source is provided.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
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Publications/References
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 (2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z), 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, doi:10.7927/H4NK3BZJ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NK3BZJ
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DIF Creation Date:
2013-02-07
Last DIF Revision Date:
2019-04-16
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