Map of school-age children in earthquake zones illustrates an accompanying article: following the recent earthquakes in China, experts assess school safety and the vulnerability of children to earthquakes.
Hazards and Disaster Risk
Turning Schools from Death Traps into Havens
Science Times section of The New York Times – May 27, 2008
People Reported Missing via IReport
CNN – February 23, 2010
This interactive map shows the population missing as a result of the Haiti earthquake on January 28, 2010. Thousands of personal reports of loved ones missing were provided to Ireport, and this information was combined with SEDAC population data to create the map.
NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath
Space & Earth science/Earth Sciences – June 13, 2008
A map of Burma, based on the SEDAC Gridded Population of the World (GPW) data product, reveals that coastal areas hit hardest by the cyclone in May 2008 were highly populated. (Areas in progressively darker shades of brown represent increased population.)
Map describing the path of Cyclone Nargis through the Irrawaddy Delta and the populations affected
CNN Video Newscast – May 7, 2008
A CNN video newscast refers to a map of the path of Cyclone Nargis and the populations affected, in the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (Myanmar).
Earthquakes and Aftershocks
CNN – February 23, 2010
An interactive map shows impacts from the recent Haiti earthquake.
Earthquake Rocks China
WSJ Online – May 13, 2008
Map of China illustrates an article comparing the location of the Sichuan province earthquakes with population centers in China.
Disaster Awaits Cities in Earthquake Zones
The New York Times – February 24, 2010
Data and maps compiled by SEDAC and the Center for Hazards and Risk Research are featured in a front-page news article in the New York Times (print version February 25) assessing the vulnerability of buildings in earthquake zones. “Where Shoddy Construction Could Mean Death” shows a map (top) that depicts the predicted number of deaths in Instanbul from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, depending on the type of construction of the building. The second map (bottom) ranks the vulnerability of other urban areas in earthquake zones with more than one million people.
Caught in the Danger Zone
The Wall Street Journal – January 13, 2010
SEDAC population density data was used in a map of the Haiti earthquake.
Managing Urban Growth and Flood Risk in a Changing Climate/South and Southeast Asia
World Development Report 2010 – March 16, 2010
The SEDAC data set Low-elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) is the basis for a set of national-level indicators of the total area and population in the LECZ circa 2000. Map 2.2 (page 94), Chapter 2 of the World Development Report 2010, Managing Urban Growth and Flood Risk in a Changing Climate in South and Southeast Asia.