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Released maps
Maps of Disaster Resilience and Recovery are published here once their data rights are cleared and they have been reviewed. Each shows its time and space reference, its sources and its uncertainty.
01Contents
Released maps in five parts.
02What is shown
Released, referenced and rights-cleared.
- Time and space reference for every view.
- Sources and licence.
- Uncertainty and known limits.
- Version and date of release.
03Geography
Hazards now worldwide.
Flood water, population density, active fires and true-colour imagery across the world, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.
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Hazards now, for this page
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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth
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Hazards now, framed on the world.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date. They are indicators, not assessments of any place.
Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · U.S. Geological Survey · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences
- We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
- NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- GPM IMERG precipitation, NASA Precipitation Processing System; distributed by the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
- Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). ODbL
- Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
- Live events: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); events are indicative and keep their original source links.
- Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
- Live: U.S. Geological Survey Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
- Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
- NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
- River discharge forecast, 30 days with range (GloFAS via Open-Meteo): Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information 2026; not a flood warning.
- Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (https://open-meteo.com/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Optional layers (20 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.
Layers and dates
- Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
- Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
- Active fires and thermal anomalies: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
- True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
- Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
- Precipitation rate, daily mean: GPM IMERG, NASA GES DISC · 12 Oct 2026
04Indicators
What a released map in this field would carry.
| Indicator | Unit | Cadence | Evidence label | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National disaster risk reduction strategy in line with Sendai | status as reported | annual | Published statistics | Risk reduction policy |
| Local governments with risk reduction strategies | percent of local governments | annual | Published statistics | Risk reduction policy |
| Public spending on risk reduction | share of public investment tagged to risk reduction | annual | Estimated | Risk reduction policy |
| Building permits subject to hazard review | percent of permits | annual | Reported | Risk reduction policy |
| Disaster risk reduction law in force | status and date of enactment | per change | Published statistics | Risk reduction policy |
| Development in mapped hazard zones | hectares of new built-up area | annual | Estimated | Risk reduction policy |
| Contingency plans tested in the last cycle | percent of plans | annual | Reported | Preparedness and continuity |
| Prepositioned relief stocks | units of items against planning figures | quarterly | Reported | Preparedness and continuity |
| Emergency operations centres with backup power and communications | count | annual | Observed | Preparedness and continuity |
| Critical services with continuity plans | percent of designated critical services | annual | Declared | Preparedness and continuity |
| Trained responders | count by role per population | annual | Reported | Preparedness and continuity |
| Stock past expiry | percent of stock items | quarterly | Observed | Preparedness and continuity |
| Countries with multi-hazard early warning systems | status as reported | annual | Published statistics | Early warning readiness |
| Population covered by warnings | percent of population | annual | Published statistics | Early warning readiness |
| Local governments with evacuation plans | percent of local governments | annual | Published statistics | Early warning readiness |
| Warning received before impact | percent of surveyed households | per event survey | Reported | Early warning readiness |
| People who took protective action | percent of surveyed households | per event survey | Reported | Early warning readiness |
| Time from warning to dissemination | minutes | per event | Observed | Early warning readiness |
| Anticipatory action frameworks in place | count by country and hazard | annual | Reported | Anticipatory action |
| Trigger hit rate | percent of hazard events preceded by a trigger | per season | Observed | Anticipatory action |
| False activation rate | percent of activations without the hazard | per season | Observed | Anticipatory action |
| Time from trigger to assistance | days | per activation | Observed | Anticipatory action |
| People reached before peak impact | count | per activation | Reported | Anticipatory action |
| Pre-arranged financing available | amount by instrument | annual | Declared | Anticipatory action |
| Damaged housing units reconstructed | percent of assessed units | quarterly | Reported | Recovery and reconstruction |
| Recovery needs funded | percent of assessed needs | quarterly | Reported | Recovery and reconstruction |
| Households returned to pre-disaster housing | percent of displaced households | per survey round | Estimated | Recovery and reconstruction |
| Critical services restored | percent of facilities functioning | monthly | Observed | Recovery and reconstruction |
| Reconstruction meeting hazard-resistant standards | percent of inspected units | per inspection round | Observed | Recovery and reconstruction |
| Time to restore livelihoods | months to pre-disaster income | per survey round | Estimated | Recovery and reconstruction |
| Deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters | count per hundred thousand population | annual | Published statistics | Disaster loss accounting |
| People directly affected | count per hundred thousand population | annual | Published statistics | Disaster loss accounting |
| Direct economic loss | share of gross domestic product | annual | Published statistics | Disaster loss accounting |
| Damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services | count of facilities and service disruptions | annual | Published statistics | Disaster loss accounting |
| Events recorded below international thresholds | count in national databases | annual | Reported | Disaster loss accounting |
| Records disaggregated by sex, age and disability | percent of records | annual | Reported | Disaster loss accounting |
| Communities with local disaster risk plans | percent of communities | annual | Reported | Community and local preparedness |
| Trained community volunteers | count per thousand population | annual | Reported | Community and local preparedness |
| Households with a preparedness plan | percent of households | per survey | Reported | Community and local preparedness |
| Local organisations in coordination mechanisms | count | annual | Reported | Community and local preparedness |
| Humanitarian funding to local actors | share of funding provided directly to local and national actors | annual | Reported | Community and local preparedness |
| People with disabilities included in local plans | percent of plans with specific measures | per review | Estimated | Community and local preparedness |
| Exercises held | count by type and hazard | annual | Reported | Multi hazard exercises |
| Multi-agency participation | count of organisations taking part | per exercise | Reported | Multi hazard exercises |
| Exercise objectives met | percent of objectives | per exercise | Reported | Multi hazard exercises |
| Improvement actions completed | percent of actions closed on time | quarterly | Reported | Multi hazard exercises |
| Repeat findings | count of findings recorded in earlier exercises | per exercise | Reported | Multi hazard exercises |
| Exercises with compound or cascading scenarios | percent of exercises | annual | Reported | Multi hazard exercises |
05Process
How the process runs.
Process explorer · Process
Released maps: Layers to published map
7 steps·4 stages·1 gate
Process
Released maps: Layers to published map
Layers enter with their rights, are aligned, analysed and checked for uncertainty, then released after public-safe review; a map is a governed spatial claim.
01 Data
- 01Source layers with their rightsDataset · NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk)Spatial views of The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX) products sit under the boundary licence gate. Rights classification sets how a layer may be used.
02 Harmonise
- 02Coordinate reference and boundary versionRecord · NXS-EOP (earth observation and digital twins)The area of interest preserves its coordinate reference system, polygon validity and observation support. Boundary versions are kept.
- 03Harmonise units, variables and timeStepUnit metadata, conversion records and transformation logs are required. Alignment is an evidence event, not hidden preprocessing.
03 Analyse and check
- 04Analyse with a recorded processing recipeModel · GIS teamA processing recipe records parameters, calibration, inputs and output lineage. The analysis methods are named in each product's own record.
- 05Spatial uncertainty checkGateSpatial uncertainty is recorded and affects downstream use. A high-uncertainty polygon may suit internal review, not public-safe release.
04 Publish
- 06Spatial metadata bundleRecordThe bundle records boundary type, jurisdiction, geometry version, projection, resolution, source, time window, uncertainty and access class.
- 07Public-safe release of the mapDecisionThe output record names the redactions, uncertainty and public-safe reviewer. A map is a governed spatial claim, never merely a picture.
Spatio-temporal intelligence · Data protocols: semantic, jurisdictional and temporal intelligence · NXS-EOPDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation. The pages cited are design doctrine.
06Reading the maps
Cautions that apply to disaster risk maps.
- Event maps from international databases show reported disasters, not all disasters.
- Exposure layers have dates; a growing city outruns them.
- Shelter and facility locations are published only where authorities agree.
- Composite risk indices hide which component drives the score.
07Status
Releases appear as they are reviewed.
Analysis runs in Foundry; reviewed releases are listed here.
08Sources
Where this page's references lead.
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09Questions
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