Identification

Title
EMDAT: Country Profile on Historical Disaster Events
Abstract

Development and relief agencies have long recognized the important role played by data and information in mitigating the impacts of disasters on vulnerable populations. Systematic collection and analysis of these data provides invaluable information to governments and agencies in charge of relief and recovery activities. It also aids the integration of health components into development and poverty alleviation programmes. However, there is a lack of international consensus regarding best practices for collecting these data. Together with the complexity of collecting reliable information, there remains huge variability in definitions, methodologies, tools and sourcing. CRED has along history of standardized data compilation, validation and analysis. It provides free and open access to its data through its website. One of CRED’s core data products is the EM-DAT the International Disaster Database. EM-DAT provides an objective basis for vulnerability assessment and rational decision-making in disaster situations. For example, it helps policymakers identify disaster types that are most common in a given country and have had significant historical impacts on specific human populations. In addition to providing information on the human impact of disasters, such as the number of people killed, injured or affected, EM-DAT provides disaster-related economic damage estimates and disaster-specific international aid contributions.EM-DAT is a global database on natural and technological disasters that contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of more than 21,000 disasters in the world from 1900 to present. EM-DAT is maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the School of Public Health of the Université catholique de Louvain located in Brussels, Belgium.

License
Not Specified
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Publication Date
Dec. 7, 2015, 3:03 p.m.
Category
Geoscientific Information
information pertaining to earth sciences. Examples: geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion
Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
DOI
None
Attribution
None
Responsible

Name
Andy (andy)
email
Position
Organization
Location
Voice
Fax
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
4326
Extension x0
-180.0
Extension x1
180.0
Extension y0
-90.0
Extension y1
90.0
Features

Purpose

For use in the ThinkHazard! (THOR) project

Language
English
Supplemental Information

river_flood, tsunami, coastal_flood, strong_wind, volcanic_ash, landslide, earthquake

Contact Points

Name
Stu Fraser (stu)
email
sfraser@worldbank.org
Position
Senior Disaster RIsk Management Specialist
Organization
World Bank
Location
Voice
Fax

References

Link Online
/documents/343
Metadata Page
/documents/343/metadata_detail

Metadata Author

Name
Andy (andy)
email
Position
Organization
Location
Voice
Fax