Data providers collect
Universities, contracted firms and community mappers plan and collect the data, then deliver it with metadata, attribute descriptions and styling.
About the Climate Risk Database
What the CRD is
An open home for climate-risk geospatial data
The Climate Risk Database (CRD) is the central repository for climate-related geospatial data contributed by universities, researchers, government agencies, development partners and communities working with the Resilience Academy. It brings maps, datasets and documents on hazards, exposure and the urban environment into one open, searchable platform.
The CRD began as part of the World Bank's Tanzania Urban Resilience Programme (TURP) and has been live on GeoNode since 2019, bringing together core risk layers that were previously scattered across separate platforms. It is operated by the Resilience Academy at the University of Turku.
Browse the datasetsBuilt by many contributors
Universities, students, researchers, government agencies, development partners and local communities all contribute data through field campaigns, research projects, community mapping and partner programmes.
Verified & quality-checked
Every dataset is checked against a quality checklist and documented with ISO 19115 metadata before it is published, and carries a verification status you can see before you download it.
Open by default
Data is free to browse, download and cite under the licence its owner sets, with CC-BY 4.0 recommended. A few datasets are restricted where their owners require it.
Used for real decisions
City and national agencies, humanitarian organisations and researchers use CRD data for flood-risk planning, early warning, infrastructure and research.
From the field to an open, trusted dataset
CRD data managers check and publish
A small team of geospatial data experts quality-controls every dataset — metadata, geometry, attributes, dates and visualisation — before publishing and backing it up.
Everyone can use it
Anyone can explore, download and cite the data under its stated licence, and build it into their own GIS, research or planning work.
From city neighbourhoods to national layers
Dar es Salaam
The largest collection: flood history, drainage, buildings, services, land use, elevation and imagery.
Zanzibar
Zanzibar Urban West and Nungwi: buildings, drainage, amenities, roads and orthophotos.
Mwanza
Community-mapped buildings, drainage, flooding, rockfall risk and urban exposure.
Secondary cities
Drainage and infrastructure mapping in Kahama, Morogoro, Sumbawanga, Kigoma and Mtwara.
National layers
Land cover, national parks, forest reserves and national flood and seismic hazard maps.
Have data worth sharing? Join the growing CRD community.
Register as a contributor to publish datasets, join a group, and collaborate with researchers and city partners across East Africa.
