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As an online disaster risk visualization tool, ThinkHazard! aims to provide users with information to make risk-informed choices. This is the first platform of its kind, allowing anyone to quickly find information on 8 different types of hazards in their search area. All information is open source a... more
Global Health, Local Information. The freely available Web site 'healthmap.org' and mobile app 'Outbreaks Near Me' deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international tra... more
The Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) Portal of the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations includes Daily Maps, Base maps, Satellite Maps and Situation Maps.
PreventionWeb, the global knowledge-sharing platform for disaster risk reduction and resilience
The Climate Risk Index (CRI) ranks countries by the human and economic toll of extreme weather. The latest edition highlights increasing losses and the urgent need for stronger climate resilience and action.

Our World in Data: Natural Catastrophes

University of Oxford (2018) CC
Our World in Data is an online publication that shows how living conditions are changing. The aim is to give a global overview and to show changes over the very long run, so that we can see where we are coming from and where we are today. We cover a wide range of topics across many academic discipli... more
El Sistema Nacional de Información para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres - SINPAD, está soportada por un sistema informático bajo la plataforma Internet, el mismo que está compuesto por una serie de servicios informáticos con miras a que la información de la Prevención y atención de D... more
This series of 94 climate risk and adaptation profiles offers a common platform to guide access, synthesis, and analysis of relevant country data and information for Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change. The profiles are geared towards providing a quick reference source for devel... more
GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters
Accessing disaster information can be a time consuming and laborious task. Not only is data scattered but frequently identification of the disaster can be confusing in countries with many disaster events. To address both of these issues, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed a globally com... more
All available data from GAR 13's Global Risk Update is provided via this interactive platform for vieweing and downloading. It is presented in an easily accessible manner, over the Internet. The global risk update featured in the Global Assessment Report 2015 is based on a joint effort by leading... more

Prevention Web - The knowledge platform for disaster risk reduction

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (2007) CC
PreventionWeb is a collaborative knowledge sharing platform on disaster risk reduction (DRR), managed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The site offers a range of knowledge products and services to facilitate the work of DRR professionals.
DesInventar as a Disaster Information Management System: DesInventar is a conceptual and methodological tool for the generation of National Disaster Inventories and the construction of databases of damage, losses and in general the effects of disasters. The Disaster Information Management System is ... more