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Sub-Saharan Africa
Product type
Model
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DESCRIPTION
Sub-Saharan Africa is part of GEM's Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Maps released to the public in December 2018. As part of the mosaic, the seismic hazard, exposure and vulnerability models employed in the calculations were either provided by national institutions, or developed within the scope of regional programs, bilateral collaborations, or by GEM. Click View for details.
Hazard
GEM (unreleased): The Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Earthquake Model was developed by GEM in collaboration with AfricaArray within the USAID-supported SSAHARA project. The original model is extensively described in Poggi et al. (2017), while an extended and improved version was developed in 2018.
Maintained by
GEM
Product type
Model
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Open By Attribution, Share-Alike and Commercial use provided the by-products are shared under the same conditions as the original license
License type
CC BY-SA
Exposure
Exposure data for Admin level 1 for population, commercial, industrial and residential buildings
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GEM
Product type
Model
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Non-Disclosure Agreement (By request for public-good, non-commercial use)
License type
NDA
Vulnerability
Vulnerability curves for all building classes
Maintained by
GEM
Product type
Model
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Open By Attribution, Share-Alike and Commercial use provided the by-products are shared under the same conditions as the original license
License type
CC BY-SA
Country Profiles
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Maintained by
GEM
Licence type
CC BY-SA
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Open By Attribution, Share-Alike and Commercial use provided the by-products are shared under the same conditions as the original license
GEM License Types
AGPL – GNU Affero General Public License, used mostly for software
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CC BY-SA – Creative Commons, By-Attribution, Share-Alike
CC BY-NC-SA – Creative Commons, By Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike
NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement (By request for public-good, non-commercial use.)
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