Nepal - GLIDE Disaster Events: Standardized Disaster Identifiers

GLIDE numbers are GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC). The dataset contains disaster event records for Nepal, allowing information to be interoperable across multiple sources like UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC. It was last updated on 2026-06-23 and is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference disaster impacts across different reporting systems based on the standardized GLIDE number.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Nepal based on the registered event records.
• Integrate disaster information from multiple institutional sources based on the common unique identifier.

Strengths

• Uses a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDE number) adopted by major institutions like UN-OCHA and IFRC.
• Data is provided in interoperable formats including GEOJSON and CSV.
• License is clearly specified as CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:55:35.396518; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nepal