GLIDE Disaster Events: UK Disaster Records with Unique Identifiers

GLIDE numbers are global unique identifiers for disasters, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center to address challenges in accessing scattered disaster information. The dataset contains disaster event records for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, made available by the GLIDE Initiative. It was last updated on 2026-06-28 14:41:20.495751.

Use Cases

• Link disaster information across multiple structured and textual sources based on the GLIDE number identifier.
• Analyze disaster event patterns in the United Kingdom based on geospatial data in the GEOJSON format.
• Support interoperability for disaster management platforms like UN-OCHA's ReliefWeb and HDX based on the standardized ID system.

Strengths

• Implements a globally common unique ID code for disasters, facilitating interoperability.
• Actively used by major institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and the European Commission.
• Available under the CC-BY-3.0-IGO license, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.

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

Registered disaster records containing a GLIDE number.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:41:20.495751; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland