Samoa GLIDE Disaster Events: Unique Identifiers for Disaster Records

GLIDE numbers are GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) to address confusion in disaster identification across borders. The dataset contains records for Samoa, each with a unique GLIDEnumber to make disaster information interoperable across 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

• Link disaster reports across different agencies based on the common GLIDE identifier.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Samoa based on registered event records.
• Integrate structured and textual disaster information from multiple sources using the unique ID.

Strengths

• Uses a globally adopted unique identifier system (GLIDE) actively used by UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and others.
• Data is provided in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.
• License is clearly specified as CC-BY-3.0-IGO, facilitating open use.

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

Collection Method

Registered disaster records from multiple disaster information sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:58:18.605464; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Samoa