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 | 23 (6.2%) | |
| - Eastern Africa | 10 | Ethiopia (2), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), Malawi (1), Mozambique (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (1), Zambia (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 (1), Nigeria (4), Senegal (1) |
| Americas | 187 (50.5%) | |
| - Caribbean | 6 | Bahamas (1), Barbados (2), Jamaica (2), Trinidad & Tobago (1) |
| - Central America | 5 | Costa Rica (2), Mexico (3) |
| - Northern America | 170 | Canada (10), USA (160) |
| - South America | 6 | Chile (3), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Peru (1) |
| Asia | 99 (26.8%) | |
| - Central Asia | 1 | Tajikistan (1) |
| - Eastern Asia | 58 | China (24), Hong Kong (2), Japan (28), South Korea (3) |
| - South-eastern Asia | 24 | Indonesia (6), Laos (1), Malaysia (8), Philippines (4), Singapore (3), Thailand (2) |
| - Southern Asia | 11 | Bangladesh (3), India (4), Nepal (2), Pakistan (2) |
| - Western Asia | 5 | Israel (2), Oman (1), Turkey (2) |
| Europe | 38 (10.3%) | |
| - Eastern Europe | 1 | Russia (1) |
| - Northern Europe | 28 | Denmark (2), Finland (2), Iceland (1), Norway (2), Sweden (6), Svalbard (1), United Kingdom (14) |
| - Southern Europe | 3 | Italy (1), Macedonia (1), Spain (1) |
| - Western Europe | 6 | Belgium (1), Germany (4), Switzerland (1) |
| Oceania | 23 (6.4%) | |
| - Australia & New Zealand | 21 | Australia (10), New Zealand (11) |
| - Melanesia | 2 | Fiji (1), Papua New Guinea (1) |
| - Micronesia | 0 | |
| - Polynesia | 0 | |
| Global Total | 370 |
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.