Austria - GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Identifiers

GLIDE numbers are global unique identifiers for disasters, designed to make disaster information interoperable across multiple sources. The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed the system, which is actively used by institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and the European Commission. The dataset covers Austria and was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Link disaster reports from different sources based on the common GLIDE identifier.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of disaster events in Austria based on the geospatial data.
• Track the timeline and impact of specific disaster events using the structured disaster records.
• Integrate disaster data into humanitarian information systems (e.g., ReliefWeb, HDX) using the interoperable ID.

Strengths

• Provides a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDE number) for each disaster event.
• Data is interoperable across many major disaster information sources, including UN-OCHA and UNDRR.
• Available in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Disaster events are registered in a record containing a GLIDE number.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:50:39.536327; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Austria