Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Mapping Environmental Quality Around the World
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NOTE: This activity is still under review. It does outline the steps necessary for obtaining and mapping the ESI data, but the text is not yet in a "polished" final form. Feel free to peruse the chapter as you like. If you have comments, please send them to Carla_McAuliffe@terc.edu The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a numerical index, produced by the Environmental Performance Measurement Project, that measures the progress of 146 countries around the world toward environmental sustainability. Seventy-six data sets, tracking factors such as land conservation, water quality, health, waste management, and air pollution, are aggregated to calculate each country's ESI score. In this activity, users construct and analyze maps of the ESI and it's component data sets to compare ESI rankings around the world. Users download the ESI dataset from the Environmental Performance Measurement Project, and import it into My World, a geographic information system (GIS) tool designed for education. The ESI and its component data sets can be sorted and mapped to investigate the factors that affect countries progress towards environmental sustainability. [map of air pollution (for ex.) over ESI] Less