The EM-DAT Emergency Events Database Archive
Year: 2024
Type: dataset
Abstract: Overview The EM-DAT Emergency Events Database Archive, or EM-DAT Archive, preserves official archived versions of the actively maintained EM-DAT database (www.emdat.be) to adhere with FAIR principles and support open and reproducible science while using the EM-DAT data. This archive features a comprehensive dataset with the following specifications: Downloaded from the EM-DAT Public Portal on December 4, 2024, Including global disaster occurrence and impact records spanning 1900-2023, Validated with the EM-TEST testing framework v2024.12.0, Including a PDF archive of the EM-DAT Official Documentation (data and protocol description, known issues, tutorial, and more), Released under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. About the EM-DAT Project EM-DAT is a global disaster database project started in 1988 with the initial support of the World Health Organization and the Belgian government. Since 1999, EM-DAT has been supported by the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). EM-DAT collects data on disaster occurrences in countries and their human and economic impact from 1900 onwards.
DOI: 10.14428/dvn/i0ltph
Authors: Delforge, Damien, Wathelet, Valentin, Below, Regina, Lanfredi Sofia, Cinzia, Tonnelier, Margo, van Loenhout, Joris A.F., Speybroek, Niko
Institutions: UCLouvain, KU Leuven
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4405532850