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Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11

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Summary

Abstract: The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), the Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard, the Wellbeing of Nations, and 2006 National ...

Purpose: To make the acquisition, comparison and analysis of sustainability indicators easier by compiling them in a single database, incorporating multiple country codes, and condensing the indicator descriptions into short methodological summaries in an accompanying data dictionary.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1

Dataset Release Date: 2007

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.01

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-complete-collection...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1973-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Service Keywords

METADATA HANDLING >METADATA TRANSFORMATION/CONVERSION

METADATA HANDLING >DATA DISCOVERY

METADATA HANDLING >SERVICE DISCOVERY

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

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Metadata

FGDC

SGML

CSDGM

Service Provider

DOI/USGS/GD/MT > Metadata Tools, Geology Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Service Organization URL: http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: PETER N. SCHWEITZER Phone: (703) 648-6533 Fax: (703) 648-6252 Email: pschweitzer at usgs.gov Contact Address: Mail Stop 954 National Center U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston Province or State: VA Postal Code: 20192 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online

Fees: No fees

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: SERF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

PETER N. SCHWEITZER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (703) 648-6533

Fax: (703) 648-6252

Email: pschweitzer at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

Mail Stop 954 National Center

U.S. Geological Survey

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston

Province or State: VA

Postal Code: 20192

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2007-04-19
SERF Last Revision Date: 2007-04-20

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