The atlas was developed as part of the Integrated Risk Governance Project under the Future Earth and International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). Its primary achievement is bridging the gap between isolated regional studies and global risk awareness.
Assesses physical vulnerabilities such as national building inventory resilience and social coping mechanisms. World atlas of natural disaster risk
It maps environments, hazards, and vulnerabilities for earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, storm surges, sand-dust storms, tropical cyclones, heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, and wildfires. The atlas was developed as part of the
Risks are calculated and visually assessed across three specific scales: grid units, comparable geographic units, and strict national borders. Authored by a collective of international scientists led
. Authored by a collective of international scientists led by Peijun Shi and Roger Kasperson, it provides an exhaustive, data-driven overview of vulnerability and exposure on a global scale.
It moves away from "single-hazard" approaches. By assessing a country's risk against all 11 hazards at once, policymakers can view true compound risk.
The atlas was developed as part of the Integrated Risk Governance Project under the Future Earth and International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). Its primary achievement is bridging the gap between isolated regional studies and global risk awareness.
Assesses physical vulnerabilities such as national building inventory resilience and social coping mechanisms.
It maps environments, hazards, and vulnerabilities for earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, storm surges, sand-dust storms, tropical cyclones, heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, and wildfires.
Risks are calculated and visually assessed across three specific scales: grid units, comparable geographic units, and strict national borders.
. Authored by a collective of international scientists led by Peijun Shi and Roger Kasperson, it provides an exhaustive, data-driven overview of vulnerability and exposure on a global scale.
It moves away from "single-hazard" approaches. By assessing a country's risk against all 11 hazards at once, policymakers can view true compound risk.