Worldwide disaster loss and damage databases: A systematic review
نویسندگان
1 Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Nursing and Emergency, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran,
2 Department of Pediatrics, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
3 Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
4 Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6 Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7 Department of Occupational Therapy, Social Determinants of Health Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
8 Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamol Anbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
Nowadays, disaster databases have become a valuable tool for disaster risk management andhealth promotion and serve various purposes. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematicreview of disaster databases in the world and to identify the objectives, information sources, criteria,and variables of disaster data registration in the world’s reputable databases. To conduct review,all English‑language articles published without a time limit until the end of September 2020 wereextracted from the databases of Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and Embase. Necessary information in the papers including study time, typeof disasters, related databases, dimensions and indicators of global and regional databases wereextracted by using a researcher‑made questionnaire. A total of 22 studies have been reviewed toidentify the dimensions and indicators of disaster databases worldwide. The main focus was on globaland regional databases, mostly used at the level of scientific societies and disaster experts. Afterexplanation, researchers highlighted each of the disaster databases, along with the main differencesavailable among the existing databases. Some databases have well‑defined data collection methods.Their knowledge is high quality and they can be used to create and improve a disaster database atother levels. Disaster database limitations include risk bias, time bias, accounting bias, thresholdbias, and geographical bias. To support the right decisions to reduce disaster risk, it is necessaryto complement existing global, regional, and national databases. Countries need to take action toset up national databases.
