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Description
GLIDE Disaster Events provides a registry of disasters in Libya using GLIDEnumbers, which are globally unique identifiers for disasters. The data is published by the GLIDE Initiative and was last updated on 2026-06-23. It is used by organizations including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and the European Commission to enable interoperability across disaster information sources.
Use Cases
Cross-referencing disaster information across structured and textual sources based on the unique GLIDEnumber identifier.
Analyzing disaster frequency and location in Libya based on the geospatial data format.
Integrating disaster event data into humanitarian dashboards and reports based on the interoperability standard.
Strengths
Data is structured around a globally recognized standard (GLIDEnumber) for disaster identification.
The dataset is actively used by major international organizations, including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC.
It is 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 HDX platform.
Provenance
Source
GLIDE Initiative
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-23 23:54:16.205856; freshness should be verified.