To provide an open access, well documented global data set of roads between settlements using a consistent data model (UNSDI-T v.2) which is, to the extent possible, topologically integrated.

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

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

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

To make the acquisition, comparison and analysis of sustainability indicators easier by compiling them in a single database, incorporating multiple country codes, and condensing the indicator descriptions into short methodological summaries in an accompanying data dictionary.

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

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

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

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

To provide information on China's population and agricultural economy from the 1990 census, and geocoded 1990 China county boundary GIS data at 1:1M.

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

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

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

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