Botswana GLIDE Disaster Events: Unique Identifiers for Disaster Management

GLIDE numbers are global unique identifiers for disasters, designed to make disaster information interoperable across multiple sources. The dataset is produced by the GLIDE Initiative and actively used by institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. It was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Link disaster information across disparate sources based on the common GLIDE identifier.
• Track disaster events across borders and over time using the standardized ID system.
• Analyze disaster frequency and impact in Botswana based on the registered event records.

Strengths

• Provides a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDE number) for each disaster event.
• Adopted by major international organizations including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV and GeoJSON.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the HDX platform.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:51:09.983281; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Botswana