GLIDE Disaster Events: Guinea-Bissau Disaster Records

GLIDE Initiative's GLIDE Disaster Events dataset provides a global unique identifier (GLIDEnumber) for each disaster event to enable interoperability across information sources. The dataset covers Guinea-Bissau and is actively used by institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and the European Commission. It was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Link disaster information across structured and textual sources based on GLIDEnumber interoperability.
• Analyze disaster frequency and impact in Guinea-Bissau based on the geographic focus.
• Support disaster response coordination based on the use by UN-OCHA and IFRC.

Strengths

• Provides a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDEnumber) for each disaster event.
• Actively used by major humanitarian organizations including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC.
• Available in multiple formats including GEOJSON and CSV.

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 GLIDE Initiative's collection.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:53:04.543639; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guinea-Bissau