Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Ancillary Data
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Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Publication Date: 2006
Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Ancillary Data
Edition: 1.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-ancillary-data
Description:
Abstract:
The Ancillary Data portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 38 variables (time series data on population and gross domestic product as well as region codes, land area, and waterbody area) for 238 countries. The data are taken from the UN Population Division, the World Bank, the CIA Factbook, and CIESIN's Gridded Population of the World, and are distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Purpose: To provide population estimates, gross domestic product, and surface area data to be used in conjunction with the sustainability indicators included in the compendium.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 1990
Ending Date: 2005
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -180.000000
East Bounding Coordinate: 180.000000
North Bounding Coordinate: 90.000000
South Bounding Coordinate: -55.000000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: CIESIN Indexing Vocabulary Version 2.1 (GCMD Format)
Theme Keyword: CIESIN > Economic Activity > Income > National Income
Theme Keyword: CIESIN > Population Dynamics > Demographic Characteristics > Population Size
Theme Keyword: CIESIN > Population Dynamics > Vital Statistics > National Population Estimates
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: GCMD Parameter Valids
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Population > Population Size
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: General
Theme Keyword: Gross Domestic Product
Theme Keyword: Land Area
Theme Keyword: Water Bodies
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: EI Gateway Vocabulary
Theme Keyword: Population
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Data Granularity
Theme Keyword: Country
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO Topic
Theme Keyword: Economy
Theme Keyword: Society
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: CSA-NBII Biocomplexity
Theme Keyword: Populations
Theme Keyword: Economic Conditions
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: SEDAC Topic
Theme Keyword: Population
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: WDC Theme
Theme Keyword: Population
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: CIESIN Location Terms, version 2.0
Place Keyword: Continent > Africa
Place Keyword: Continent > Asia
Place Keyword: Continent > Australia
Place Keyword: Region > Caribbean
Place Keyword: Region > Central Africa
Place Keyword: Region > Central America
Place Keyword: Region > East Asia
Place Keyword: Region > Equatorial
Place Keyword: Continent > Europe
Place Keyword: Region > Gaza Strip
Place Keyword: Global
Place Keyword: Region > Middle East
Place Keyword: Region > Mid-Latitude
Place Keyword: Region > North Africa
Place Keyword: Continent > North America
Place Keyword: Region > Oceania
Place Keyword: Region > Pacific Islands
Place Keyword: Region > Polar
Place Keyword: Continent > South America
Place Keyword: Region > South Asia
Place Keyword: Region > South Pacific Islands
Place Keyword: Region > Southeast Asia
Place Keyword: Region > Sub-Saharan Africa
Place Keyword: Region > West Africa
Place Keyword: Region > West Bank
Place Keyword: Country > Afghanistan
Place Keyword: Country > Albania
Place Keyword: Country > Algeria
Place Keyword: Country > American Samoa
Place Keyword: Country > Andorra
Place Keyword: Country > Angola
Place Keyword: Country > Anguilla
Place Keyword: Country > Antigua and Barbuda
Place Keyword: Country > Argentina
Place Keyword: Country > Armenia
Place Keyword: Country > Aruba
Place Keyword: Country > Australia
Place Keyword: Country > Austria
Place Keyword: Country > Azerbaijan
Place Keyword: Country > Bahamas
Place Keyword: Country > Bahrain
Place Keyword: Country > Bangladesh
Place Keyword: Country > Barbados
Place Keyword: Country > Belarus
Place Keyword: Country > Belgium
Place Keyword: Country > Belize
Place Keyword: Country > Benin
Place Keyword: Country > Bermuda
Place Keyword: Country > Bhutan
Place Keyword: Country > Bolivia
Place Keyword: Country > Bosnia and Herzegovina
Place Keyword: Country > Botswana
Place Keyword: Country > Brazil
Place Keyword: Country > British Virgin Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Brunei
Place Keyword: Country > Bulgaria
Place Keyword: Country > Burkina Faso
Place Keyword: Country > Burma
Place Keyword: Country > Burundi
Place Keyword: Country > Cambodia
Place Keyword: Country > Cameroon
Place Keyword: Country > Canada
Place Keyword: Country > Cape Verde
Place Keyword: Country > Cayman Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Central African Republic
Place Keyword: Country > Chad
Place Keyword: Country > Chile
Place Keyword: Country > China
Place Keyword: Country > Colombia
Place Keyword: Country > Comoros
Place Keyword: Country > Cook Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Costa Rica
Place Keyword: Country > Croatia
Place Keyword: Country > Cuba
Place Keyword: Country > Cyprus
Place Keyword: Country > Czech Republic
Place Keyword: Country > Democratic Republic of the Congo
Place Keyword: Country > Denmark
Place Keyword: Country > Djibouti
Place Keyword: Country > Dominica
Place Keyword: Country > Dominican Republic
Place Keyword: Country > Ecuador
Place Keyword: Country > Egypt
Place Keyword: Country > El Salvador
Place Keyword: Country > Equatorial Guinea
Place Keyword: Country > Eritrea
Place Keyword: Country > Estonia
Place Keyword: Country > Ethiopia
Place Keyword: Country > Faeroe Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Falkland Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Fiji
Place Keyword: Country > Finland
Place Keyword: Country > France
Place Keyword: Country > French Guiana
Place Keyword: Country > French Polynesia
Place Keyword: Country > Gabon
Place Keyword: Country > Gambia
Place Keyword: Country > Georgia
Place Keyword: Country > Germany
Place Keyword: Country > Ghana
Place Keyword: Country > Gibraltar
Place Keyword: Country > Greece
Place Keyword: Country > Greenland
Place Keyword: Country > Grenada
Place Keyword: Country > Guadeloupe
Place Keyword: Country > Guam
Place Keyword: Country > Guatemala
Place Keyword: Country > Guinea
Place Keyword: Country > Guinea-Bissau
Place Keyword: Country > Guyana
Place Keyword: Country > Haiti
Place Keyword: Country > Honduras
Place Keyword: Country > Hong Kong
Place Keyword: Country > Hungary
Place Keyword: Country > Iceland
Place Keyword: Country > India
Place Keyword: Country > Indonesia
Place Keyword: Country > Iran
Place Keyword: Country > Iraq
Place Keyword: Country > Ireland
Place Keyword: Country > Israel
Place Keyword: Country > Italy
Place Keyword: Country > Jamaica
Place Keyword: Country > Jan Mayen
Place Keyword: Country > Japan
Place Keyword: Country > Jordan
Place Keyword: Country > Kazakhstan
Place Keyword: Country > Kenya
Place Keyword: Country > Kiribati
Place Keyword: Country > Kuwait
Place Keyword: Country > Kyrgyzstan
Place Keyword: Country > Laos
Place Keyword: Country > Latvia
Place Keyword: Country > Lebanon
Place Keyword: Country > Lesotho
Place Keyword: Country > Liberia
Place Keyword: Country > Libya
Place Keyword: Country > Liechtenstein
Place Keyword: Country > Lithuania
Place Keyword: Country > Luxembourg
Place Keyword: Country > Macau
Place Keyword: Country > Macedonia
Place Keyword: Country > Madagascar
Place Keyword: Country > Malawi
Place Keyword: Country > Malaysia
Place Keyword: Country > Maldives
Place Keyword: Country > Mali
Place Keyword: Country > Malta
Place Keyword: Country > Marshall Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Martinique
Place Keyword: Country > Mauritania
Place Keyword: Country > Mauritius
Place Keyword: Country > Mayotte
Place Keyword: Country > Mexico
Place Keyword: Country > Micronesia
Place Keyword: Country > Moldova
Place Keyword: Country > Monaco
Place Keyword: Country > Mongolia
Place Keyword: Country > Montserrat
Place Keyword: Country > Morocco
Place Keyword: Country > Mozambique
Place Keyword: Country > Myanmar
Place Keyword: Country > Namibia
Place Keyword: Country > Nauru
Place Keyword: Country > Nepal
Place Keyword: Country > Netherlands
Place Keyword: Country > Netherlands Antilles
Place Keyword: Country > New Caledonia
Place Keyword: Country > New Zealand
Place Keyword: Country > Nicaragua
Place Keyword: Country > Niger
Place Keyword: Country > Nigeria
Place Keyword: Country > Niue
Place Keyword: Country > Norfolk Island
Place Keyword: Country > North Korea
Place Keyword: Country > Northern Mariana Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Norway
Place Keyword: Country > Oman
Place Keyword: Country > Pakistan
Place Keyword: Country > Palau
Place Keyword: Country > Palestine
Place Keyword: Country > Panama
Place Keyword: Country > Papua New Guinea
Place Keyword: Country > Paraguay
Place Keyword: Country > Peru
Place Keyword: Country > Philippines
Place Keyword: Country > Pitcairn Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Poland
Place Keyword: Country > Portugal
Place Keyword: Country > Puerto Rico
Place Keyword: Country > Qatar
Place Keyword: Country > Republic of the Congo
Place Keyword: Country > Reunion
Place Keyword: Country > Romania
Place Keyword: Country > Russia
Place Keyword: Country > Rwanda
Place Keyword: Country > Saint Helena
Place Keyword: Country > Saint Kitts and Nevis
Place Keyword: Country > Saint Lucia
Place Keyword: Country > Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Place Keyword: Country > Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Place Keyword: Country > Samoa
Place Keyword: Country > San Marino
Place Keyword: Country > Sao Tome and Principe
Place Keyword: Country > Saudi Arabia
Place Keyword: Country > Senegal
Place Keyword: Country > Serbia and Montenegro
Place Keyword: Country > Seychelles
Place Keyword: Country > Sierra Leone
Place Keyword: Country > Singapore
Place Keyword: Country > Slovakia
Place Keyword: Country > Slovenia
Place Keyword: Country > Solomon Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Somalia
Place Keyword: Country > South Africa
Place Keyword: Country > South Korea
Place Keyword: Country > Spain
Place Keyword: Country > Sri Lanka
Place Keyword: Country > Sudan
Place Keyword: Country > Suriname
Place Keyword: Country > Svalbard
Place Keyword: Country > Swaziland
Place Keyword: Country > Sweden
Place Keyword: Country > Switzerland
Place Keyword: Country > Syria
Place Keyword: Country > Taiwan
Place Keyword: Country > Tajikistan
Place Keyword: Country > Tanzania
Place Keyword: Country > Thailand
Place Keyword: Country > Togo
Place Keyword: Country > Tokelau
Place Keyword: Country > Tonga
Place Keyword: Country > Trinidad and Tobago
Place Keyword: Country > Tunisia
Place Keyword: Country > Turkey
Place Keyword: Country > Turkmenistan
Place Keyword: Country > Turks and Caicos Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Tuvalu
Place Keyword: Country > Uganda
Place Keyword: Country > Ukraine
Place Keyword: Country > United Arab Emirates
Place Keyword: Country > United Kingdom
Place Keyword: Country > United States
Place Keyword: Country > Uruguay
Place Keyword: Country > US Virgin Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Uzbekistan
Place Keyword: Country > Vanuatu
Place Keyword: Country > Vatican City
Place Keyword: Country > Venezuela
Place Keyword: Country > Vietnam
Place Keyword: Country > Wallis and Futuna Islands
Place Keyword: Country > Western Sahara
Place Keyword: Country > Yemen
Place Keyword: Country > Zambia
Place Keyword: Country > Zimbabwe
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Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
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Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), and United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)
Publication Date: 2004
Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI)
Edition: 2004.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-environmental-vulnerability-index-2004
Larger Work Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Kaly, U.L., Pratt, C.R., and Mitchell, J.
Publication Date: 2004
Title: The Demonstration Environmental Sustainability Index (EVI)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
Series Information:
Series Name: SOPAC Technical Report
Issue Identification: 384, 323 pp.
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Prescott-Allen, R.
Publication Date: 2001
Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations
Edition: 1.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular, map
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: Island Press
Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-wellbeing-of-nations
Larger Work Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Robert Prescott-Allen
Publication Date: 2001
Title: The Wellbeing of Nations: A Country-by-Country Index of Quality of Life and the Environment
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: book
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: Island Press
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Global Footprint Network (GFN)
Publication Date: 2006
Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2006 National Footprint Accounts (NFA)
Edition: 2006.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Oakland, CA
Publisher: Global Footprint Network (GFN)
Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-national-footprint-accounts-2006
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Publication Date: 2007
Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1
Edition: 1.01
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-complete-collection-v1-1
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (CGSDI)
Publication Date: 2002
Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard of Sustainable Indicators
Edition: 1.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-rio-to-johannesburg-development-indicators
Larger Work Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: O'Connor, J. and Jesinghaus, J.
Publication Date: 2002
Title: Data from the Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard of Sustainability
Other Citation Details: Software tool distributed at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Contact Organization: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
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Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu
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Metadata Reference Information
Section Index
Metadata Date: 2006/11/02
Metadata Review Date: 2012/07/13
Metadata Future Review Date: 2013/07/13
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Metadata Administration
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8988
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact Electronic Mail Address: metadata@ciesin.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
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