PDF file describing data used for the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index, including overview of all variables, measurement information, and summaries by country. From site: "The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index benchmarks the ability of nation to protect the environment over the next several decades. It does so by integrating 76 data sets -tracking natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management efforts, and a society's capacity to improve its environmental performance -into 21 indicators of environmental sustainability." | GIS_Data>ENVSData>Other_Sites>Global>Global_ESI>CNTRY02_ESI05 (Jim Proctor Fall 2008)
Website providing background on 2005 EVI; useful to interpret GIS data. From site: "A vulnerability index for the natural environment, the basis of all human welfare, has been developed by the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and their partners. The index was developed through consultation and collaboration with countries, institutions and experts across the globe. This index is designed to be used with economic and social vulnerability indices to provide insights into the processes that can negatively influence the sustainable development of countries." | GIS_Data>ENVSData>Other_Sites>Global>Global_EVI>CNTRY_02_EVI_04 (Jim Proctor, Fall 2008).
General PDF file describing variables (indicators) used in 2005 Environmental Vulnerability Index; unfortunately variable names in our GIS shapefile are not included here and must be intuited from longer descriptions | GIS_Data>ENVSData>Other_Sites>Global_EVI>CNTRY_02_EVI_04 (Jim Proctor, Fall 2008).