Lumping different countries together -- why the 2008 EPI is of limited use

Doris Böhme / Tilo Arnhold (press office)
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links:

The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index:
http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=14165

"Environmental Performance Index" 2008 [BETA] der Yale University:
http://epi.yale.edu/Home

"Umweltbarometer" of the German UBA:
http://www.env-it.de/umweltdaten/public/theme.do?nodeIdent=2901

"State of the Environment Report" of the EEA:
http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/atlas/available2.asp?type=findkeyword&theme=State%20of%20the%20environment%20report%20No%201/2007

publication:

Carsten Neßhöver, Augustin Berghöfer, Silke Beck:
Weltranglisten als Bewertungsinstrumente der Umweltpolitik - Eine Einschätzung des Environmental Performance Index.
Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg.- 120 S.
http://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Weltranglisten-als-Beratungsinstrumente-fuer-Umweltpolitik/614/book.do;jsessionid=4CB64755EF03185E15CDDFC16A59970D

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