Natural disasters in the Lower Mekong 1990-2015
Published by: Open Development Mekong
Data Resources (1)
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Dataset topic category | Disasters and emergency response |
| Language |
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| 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 19, 2016 |
| Temporal extent's start date | January 1, 1990 |
| Temporal extent's end date | December 31, 2015 |
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| Logical Consistency | No known consistency issues. Note: Earthquake classification includes ground movement and tsunami. |
| 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 Occurences 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: School of Public Health, http://emdat.be/contact-us |
| Attributes | Excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one containing the data, and the other the source and notes. |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Copyright | No |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Date uploaded | April 8, 2016, 06:37 (UTC) |
| Date modified | April 8, 2016, 06:56 (UTC) |