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Deaths from natural disasters in the Lower Mekong 1990-2015

Data for the visualization published on the OD Mekong Disasters and emergency response page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/disasters-and-emergency-response/). It shows the number of total deaths recorded by natural disaster classification. Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium

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Deaths from natural disasters in the Lower Mekong 1990-2015
 

Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category Disasters and emergency response
Language
  • English
Use limitations "The reproduction and communication of the information obtained using the EM-DAT is authorised by any means and in all forms, provided that the source is mentioned clearly as follows: “EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium." http://emdat.be/copyright-cred-2015
Dataset reference date January 24, 2016
Temporal extent's start date January 1, 1990
Temporal extent's end date December 31, 2015
GeoNames
  • Cambodia
  • Viet Nam
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Thailand
  • Myanmar
Logical Consistency No known consistency issues. Numbers represent data from the field "Total deaths", which includes deaths + people missing.
Process Step From the EM-DAT website, using the Advanced Search function, report and download the data for the Period (select: from: 1990, to: 2015), Country level (select: Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam), and Disaster classification (select: Climatological>Drought, Hydrological>Flood, Meteorological>Storm, Geophysical>Earthquake). Click the "Save results as CSV file" button to download. Opening the original CSV file, the Total deaths column for each year and country was saved into this Excel file.
Lineage EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium
Responsible party ODI Researcher: David Hill EM-DAT: http://emdat.be/contact-us
Attributes Excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one with the data, one with source and notes.
License CC-BY-4.0
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Version 1.0
Date uploaded April 8, 2016, 06:53 (UTC)
Date modified April 8, 2016, 06:55 (UTC)