GLIDE Disaster Events: Global Unique Disaster Identifiers for the Netherlands

GLIDE numbers are global unique identifiers for disasters, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center to enable interoperability across information sources. The dataset contains records for disaster events in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with each event assigned a unique GLIDEnumber. It is provided by the GLIDE Initiative and was last updated on 2026-06-28.

Use Cases

• Link disaster records across different reporting systems based on the common GLIDE identifier.
• Analyze disaster event frequency and types for the Netherlands based on the registered disaster records.
• Integrate structured and textual disaster information from multiple sources using the interoperable ID code.

Strengths

• Implements a globally adopted standard (GLIDE) used by UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and other major institutions.
• Data is provided in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, which permits sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Registration of disaster events with unique identifiers to enable cross-source interoperability.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:42:15.257875; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)