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Atlas

EM-DAT Data for South Africa from 1952 to 2023

The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) data provided by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) was used for the generation of map layers included in the atlas (https://www.emdat.be). This atlas was designed to show users the number of natural disaster events across South African district municipalities from 1952 to the present day (February 2023). The disaster categories included in this atlas are limited to; geophysical, meteorological, hydrological and climatological natural disasters.

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Ocean Data Explorer Tool

The Ocean Data Explorer Tool (ODET) was developed in collaboration with SAEON’s Elwandle Node to display raw in-situ PELTER CTD (Conductivity, Temperature and Depth profiler instrument) data from eight PELTER Sites in a web dashboard.

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Research Blog

Crime

There are many variables (i.e. society, economy, climate, culture etc.) which influence the occurrence, rates and types of crimes perpetuated in an area. This variables determine the vulnerability of communities to various crimes. This blog showcases some of the country’s crime statistics published by the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the financial year 2020/2021.

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Atlas

National Climate Change Information System

The South African National Climate Change Information System (NCCIS) contains climate related data and information from a range of sources for the purposes of providing insights into the country’s progress in responding to climate change and achieving national and international goals, commitments and targets.

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Atlas

Climate Risk

The SARVA Climate Risk Tool is a local decision support tool that houses spatial information on historical climate data, projections, and impacts. The tool utilises data from expert sources such as SAEON, DEFF, CSIR, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology as well as the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia.

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Atlas

BioEnergy Technology Decision Support Tool

The BioEnergy Atlas is an initiative funded by the Department of Science and Innovation and implimented by the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON). This interactive dashboard presents the finding of the feasibility analyses from BEA 1.0 with the aim of providing regional contextual information about which BioEnergy Options are feasible within the each region.

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Atlas

Environmental Vulnerability

An environmental risk and vulnerability profiler based on the 2018 National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) data which was conducted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).

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Atlas

2017 Agriculture Census

The 2017 Agriculture Census is a country-wide census of commercial agriculture, which provides financial performance data of all farmers registered for value-added tax (VAT) and the production performance of all farmers who responded to the census. The census includes variables such as, inter alia, the type of farm ownership, agricultural income and expenditure, production land, agricultural products (i.e. crops and animals), agricultural losses, employees’ remuneration, and some demographic information about farm operators.

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Educational Resources

GIS Day 2021

The South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas team hosted a GIS day on 17 November 2021. GIS day is an international event that celebrates Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. The day aimed to educate and demonstrate real-world GIS applications that are making a difference in our society.

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