Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA)

Welcome to the SEDAC Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Mission Area Web Site. The HVA Mission Area focuses on the development and application of key data products and services that help support endeavors undertaken by the disaster management community. HVA provides integrated hazard data, prototypes interoperable spatial data services, and promotes open access policies. It primarily concentrates on specific disaster needs related to disaster planning, humanitarian response, and hazard management.

Mission Data Links

• Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution
• Global Cyclone Mortality Risks and Distribution
• Global Cyclone Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Cyclone Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution
• Global Drought Mortality Risks and Distribution
• Global Drought Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Drought Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration
• Global Earthquake Hazard Frequency and Distribution
• Global Earthquake Mortality Risks and Distribution
• Global Earthquake Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Earthquake Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution
• Global Flood Mortality Risks and Distribution
• Global Flood Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Flood Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Landslide Hazard Distribution
• Global Landslide Mortality Risks and Distribution
• Global Landslide Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Landslide Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Multihazard Frequency and Distribution
• Global Multihazard Mortality Risks and Distribution
• Global Multihazard Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles
• Global Multihazard Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles

Mission Web Site Links

• World Data Center (WDC) - Thematic Portal on Hazards
• SEDAC Map Client
• Columbia Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
• World Bank Natural Disasters Hotspots Website
• Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
• Populations Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Estimates