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
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
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| Dataset reference date |
January 24, 2016
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| Temporal extent's start date |
January 1, 1990
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| Temporal extent's end date |
December 31, 2015
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| GeoNames |
- Cambodia
- Viet Nam
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Thailand
- Myanmar
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| Logical Consistency |
No known consistency issues. Numbers represent data from the field "Total deaths", which includes deaths + people missing.
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| 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.
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| Lineage |
EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium
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| Responsible party |
ODI Researcher: David Hill
EM-DAT: http://emdat.be/contact-us
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| Attributes |
Excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one with the data, one with source and notes.
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| License |
CC-BY-4.0
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| Copyright |
No |
| Version |
1.0 |
| Date uploaded |
April 8, 2016, 06:53 (UTC)
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| Date modified |
April 8, 2016, 06:55 (UTC)
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