To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of age, race, ethnicity, and housing, for Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global cyclone hazard.

To provide insight into the frequency and distribution of multihazard events.

To provide a spatial surface of the proportional economic impacts of global drought hazard.

To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global flood hazard.

To provide a spatial surface of the total economic impacts of global volcano hazard.

To identify areas of the world at multihazard mortality risk and to gain insight into the nature of this risk posed.

To provide a spatial surface of the proportional economic impacts of global earthquake hazard.

To provide a means of assessing global landslide mortality risks and distribution.

To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global earthquake hazard.

To provide a means of assessing global drought mortality risks and distribution.

To provide a spatial surface of the proportional economic impacts of global landslide hazard.

To provide a spatial surface of the total economic impacts of global drought hazard.

To provide a means of assessing global earthquake mortality risks and distribution.

To provide insights into the processes that can negatively influence the sustainable development of countries, with particular reference to vulnerability to natural hazards.