China - GLIDE Disaster Events: Georeferenced Disaster Identifiers
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Description
China-specific disaster events registered with GLIDE (GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters) codes. The data is provided by the GLIDE Initiative and last updated on 2026-06-23. It aims to make disaster information interoperable across multiple sources, including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).
Use Cases
Cross-reference disaster information across different reporting systems based on the standardized GLIDE number.
Analyze disaster event frequency and location in China based on the geospatial data format.
Integrate disaster records from multiple international organizations based on the common identifier.
Strengths
Standardized GLIDE numbers enable interoperability across many major international organizations.
Available in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.
License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for broad reuse.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Freshness should be verified as the last update is dated 2026-06-23.
Provenance
Source
GLIDE Initiative
Collection Method
Disasters are registered in a record containing a GLIDEnumber.