Potential CODs for Natural Disaster

The following is a list of potential CODs for an emergency. It is up to the IM network in country to identify what datasets are required as a common reference to prepare or respond to an emergency. Not all of these datasets are CODs!! To identify CODs, use the Identifying a COD flow chart


The list was created with the support of the Coordinated Data Scramble (Global Level IMWG), the analytical framework – part of MIRA), the COD workshops (Berlin, April 2017 and Geneva, June 2017).

There are 3 types of natural disasters listed here: Earthquake,  Cyclone and Floods.


Earthquake

Core CODs

  • CODs-AB (Admin boundaries at least at level 2)
  • CODs-PS (Population statistics) 
    • By age
    • Gender
    • Ethnicity
    • Economic characteristics
    • Household characteristics
  • CODs-HP (Humanitarian Profile)
    • # of people living in affected areas (available within first 12 hours after performing MMI raster analysis)
    • # of people in need (available after phase II of MIRA)
    • # of people displaced (by status e.g. in camps, unfinished buildings etc)
    • # of people missing, injured and dead

Other country specific CODs

  • MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale)
  • Transportation
    • Road Networks
    • Bridges
    • Railways
    • Aerodromes (airports, airfields, HLZs)
    • Seaports (if relevant)
  • Hypsography (elevation model)
  • Land use/cover  (geology)
  • Building/housing type
  • Areas not accessible
  • Educational facilities
  • Health
    • Health facilities
    • Disease profile
  • Infrastructure
    • Dam locations
    • Oil Refineries (if relevant)
    • Sports center (potential shelters/evacuation centers)
    • Telecommunication locations (e.g. towers)
    • Energy (power, gas, nuclear,  oil, etc)
    • Waste collection sites
    • Water treatment site
    • Clean water access points
    • Markets
  • MPI (estimates of proportion of people per grid square living in poverty. This dataset is available for some countries through WorldPop project)
  • Refugees/IDP camps (spontaneous and planned - if relevant)
  • Evacuation centers
  • Operational presence of partners (including government)

Cyclone

Core CODs

  • CODs-AB (Admin boundaries at least at level 2)
  • CODs-PS (Population statistics)
    • By age
    • Gender
    • Ethnicity
    • Economic characteristics
    • Household characteristics
  • CODs-HP (Humanitarian Profile)
    • # of people living in affected areas (available within first 12 hours after geo-spatial analysis of wind speed zones)
    • # of people in need (available after phase II of MIRA)
    • # of people displaced (by status e.g. in camps, unfinished buildings etc)
    • # of people missing, injured and dead

    Other country specific CODs

  • Cyclone path (available before the cyclone hits)
  • Precipitation forecast (before and after the cyclone hits)
  • Hydrology
  • Areas which are not accessible
  • Transportation
    • Road Networks
    • Bridges
    • Railways
    • Aerodromes (airports, airfields, HLZs)
    • Seaports (if relevant)
  • Elevation model
  • Building/housing type
  • Educational facilities
  • Land use/cover  (geology)
  • Health 
    • Health facilities
    • Disease profile
  • Infrastructure
    • Oil Refineries (if relevant)
    • Telecommunication locations (e.g. towers)
    • Energy (power, gas, nuclear,  oil, etc)
    • Waste collection sites
    • Water treatment site
    • Clean water access points
    • Sports center (potential shelters/evacuation centers)
    • Markets
  • MPI (estimates of proportion of people per grid square living in poverty. This dataset is available for some countries through WorldPop project)
  • Refugees/ IDP camps (spontaneous and planned - if relevant)
  • Operational presence of partners (including government)

 FLOODS

 Core CODs

  • CODs-AB (Admin boundaries at least at level 2)
  • CODs-PS (Population statistics)
    • By age
    • Gender 
    • Ethnicity
    • Economic characteristics
    • Household characteristics
  • CODs-HP (Humanitarian Profile)
    •   # of people living in affected areas (based on standing flood water detection within first 12 hours)
    • # of people in need (available after phase II of MIRA)
    •  # of people displaced (by status e.g. in camps, unfinished buildings etc)
    • # of people missing, injured and dead

Other Country Specific CODs

  • Flood water detection (As more and more satellite images become available, further raster analysis provides number of people living in flood affected areas)
  • Precipitation forecast
  • Hydrology
  • Dams
  • areas which are not accessible
  • Transportation
    • Road Networks
    • Bridges
    • Railways
    • Aerodromes (airports, airfields, HLZs)
    • Seaports (if relevant)
  • Elevation model
  • Building/housing type
  • Land use/cover  (geology)
  • Educational facilities
  • Health 
    • Health facilities
    • Disease profile
  • Infrastructure
    • Oil Refineries (if relevant)
    • Telecommunication locations (e.g. towers)
    • Energy (power, gas, nuclear,  oil, etc)
    • Waste collection sites
    • Water treatment site
    • Clean water access points
    • Sports center (potential shelters/evacuation centers)
    • Markets
  • Demographic
    • MPI (estimates of proportion of people per grid square living in poverty. This dataset is available for some countries through WorldPop project)
    • Socio economic profiles
  • Refugees/IDP camps ( if relevant)
  • Operational presence of partners (including government)

Resources 

Not all the datasets identified below will be CODs but they provide a place to start your thinking