Hazards and Disaster Research Centers - Summary Table

As of June 2019, and with the help of the hazards and disaster research community who have responded to requests for assistance with identifying additional centers, the Natural Hazards Center research team has identified a total of 370 academic hazards and disaster research centers across the globe. The following table displays the geographic distribution and summary counts of academic research centers currently included in the web map, organized by UN Regions and Subregions.

UN Regions and Subregions Number (%) of Centers Countries Represented and Number of Centers by Country
Africa 20 (5.42%)
- Eastern Africa 7 Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (1), Zimbabwe (1)
- Middle Africa 1 Cameroon (1)
- Northern Africa 2 Algeria (1), Sudan (1)
- Southern Africa 4 South Africa (4)
- Western Africa 6 Ghana (2), Nigeria (3), Senegal (1)
Americas 204 (55.28%)
- Caribbean 7 Bahamas (1), Barbados (2), Jamaica (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Trinidad & Tobago (1)
- Central America 4 Costa Rica (1), Mexico (3)
- Northern America 188 Canada (11), USA (177)
- South America 5 Chile (2), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Peru (1)
Asia 86 (23.30%)
- Central Asia 1 Tajikistan (1)
- Eastern Asia 48 China (21), Hong Kong (2), Japan (25)
- South-eastern Asia 22 Indonesia (3), Malaysia (10), Philippines (4), Singapore (3), Thailand (2)
- Southern Asia 10 Bangladesh (3), India (4), Nepal (1), Pakistan (2)
- Western Asia 5 Israel (2), Oman (1), Turkey (2)
Europe 36 (9.75%)
- Eastern Europe 0
- Northern Europe 27 Denmark (1), Finland (2), Norway (2), Sweden (5), Svalbard (1), United Kingdom (16)
- Southern Europe 3 Italy (1), Macedonia (1), Spain (1)
- Western Europe 6 Belgium (1), Germany (4), Switzerland (1)
Oceania 23 (6.23%)
- Australia & New Zealand 21 Australia (13), New Zealand (8)
- Melanesia 2 Fiji (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
- Micronesia 0
- Polynesia 0
Global Total 369

If you have questions about this project, if you would like your academic research center listed on this page, or if you’d like to update or add information to a center currently on the map, please contact Lori Peek at lori.peek@colorado.edu.