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2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002
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 ...
 Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability covering a number of sustainability dimensions.
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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
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Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+44 (0)1752 633401
Fax:
+44 (0)1752 633101
Email:
globec at pml.ac.uk
Contact Address:
GLOBEC International Project Office
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prospect Place
City:
Plymouth
Postal Code:
PL1 3DH
Country:
UK
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2001-10-08
Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-11-07
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