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Confidentiality Issues and Policies related to the Utilization and Dissemination of Geospatial Data for Public Health Applications
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Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
Maxx Dilley, Robert S. Chen, Uwe Deichmann, et al., March 2005

2005 Environmental Sustainability Index: Benchmarking National Environmental Stewardship
Daniel C. Esty, Marc Levy, Tanja Srebotnjak, et al., February 2005

2002 Environmental Sustainability Index
March 2002

Photooxidants, Particles, and Haze across the Arctic and North Atlantic: Transport Observations and Models
July 2001

2001 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community
January 2001

Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index
January 2000