CGSD and CIESIN Data Sets

This page provides a sortable table of data sets held by the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD), the Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. Click on data set titles to see a short data set description and a link to access the data. Click on hyperlinked keywords to search on keywords. Click on data set titles to see a short data set description and a link to access the data. Click on hyperlinked keywords to search on keywords.

Implicit "and" between terms: The search returns records that include all of your search terms.
Exact phrases: Search for an exact word or phrase by enclosing it in double quotation marks (e.g., "climate change").
Word stemming: Searching on the term 'climat' will return results with climate, climatology, and climatic.
Case sensitivity: Searches for 'New York' or 'new york' will return the same results.