South Sudan - GLIDE Disaster Events: Global Disaster Identifiers

GLIDE numbers are GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC). The dataset contains records for disaster events in South Sudan, allowing information to be interoperable across multiple disaster information sources. It is used by institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, UNDP, WMO, IFRC, FAO, the European Commission, and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).

Use Cases

• Link disaster-related data from multiple sources based on the common GLIDE identifier mentioned in the description.
• Analyze disaster frequency and impact in South Sudan based on the geographic focus.
• Support disaster response coordination by providing a standardized event reference for agencies like UN-OCHA and IFRC mentioned as users.

Strengths

• Adopts a globally recognized identifier standard (GLIDE) used by major UN agencies and international organizations.
• Data is available in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis workflows.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:56:54.994575; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan