Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Data Sets

Services / Tools

Ancillary Descriptions

Are you using a browser that doesn't support JavaScript or have you disabled JavaScript?

If you have disabled JavaScript, you must re-enable JavaScript to use this page.
Or you can view this record using the Text Only Format.

EM-DAT: The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) International Disaster Database

Entry ID: CRED

[ Get Data ]
[ Update this Record ]

Summary

Abstract: Since 1988 the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the
Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency
Events Database - EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support
of the WHO and the Belgian Government. EM-DAT is supported by the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of
U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

The main objective of the database ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: CRED Home Page and access to the EM-DAT database

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: OFDA Home Page

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: OFDA/CRED

Dataset Title: EM-DAT: International Disaster Database

Dataset Series Name: International Disaster Database

Dataset Release Place: Brussels, Belgium

Dataset Publisher: Universite Catholique de Louvain

Online Resource: http://www.cred.be/emdat

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1900-01-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > CYCLONES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > DROUGHT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Ancillary Keywords

CHEMICAL SPILLS

COLD WAVE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

CRED

Data Center

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Data Center URL: http://www.cred.be

Data Center Personnel
Name: D. GUHA-SAPIR Phone: +32 (0) 2 764.33.27 Fax: +32 (0) 2 764.34.41 Email: cred at epid.ucl.ac.be Contact Address: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters School of Public Health Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) 30.94 Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs City: Brussels Postal Code: 1200 Country: Belgium

Distribution

Distribution Media: WWW

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: none

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-24

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-11-02

Reformat as FGDC document

View Text Only Format

[ Update this Record ]