Cyprus - GLIDE Disaster Events: Unique Disaster Identifiers

GLIDE numbers provide a GLobal unique IDEntifier for Disasters to make information interoperable across sources. The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed this common ID to address the challenge of scattered and confusing disaster data. This dataset covers disaster events in Cyprus and is used by institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and the European Commission.

Use Cases

• Link disaster records across different databases based on the unique GLIDE number.
• Analyze disaster frequency and impact in Cyprus based on registered event records.
• Support interoperability for disaster information systems based on the standardized identifier schema.

Strengths

• Data is provided in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.
• The GLIDE standard is actively used by major international organizations like UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC, suggesting broad adoption.

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.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Registered disaster records compiled to provide a unique identifier.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:52:08.289089; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cyprus