Syrian Arab Republic GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Identifiers

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

Use Cases

• Track and correlate disaster events across borders based on the GLIDE unique identifier system.
• Map disaster locations and impacts in Syria based on the geospatial (GEOJSON) data format.
• Integrate disaster records with other humanitarian datasets based on the interoperable GLIDE number standard.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in the Syrian Arab Republic based on the described event records.

Strengths

• Uses a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDE number) adopted by major institutions like UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC.
• Data is provided in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for geospatial and tabular analysis.
• Has a defined open license (CC-BY-3.0-IGO) facilitating reuse and sharing.

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 requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Likely compiled from reports by institutions using the GLIDE system, such as UN-OCHA and ADRC.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:57:02.104700; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic