ThinkHazard! provides a general view of the hazards, for a given location, that should be considered in project design and implementation to promote disaster and climate resilience.

Think Hazard

Creator: GFDRR
Type of methodology: Web based tool
Approach type: CRR (Climate Resilience Rating)
Short description: Web-based tool
URL to access information about the tool: https://www.thinkhazard.org/en/
Hazards covered: Coastal floodings
Audiences: Architects and engineers
Assessment level: Country or region level
Evaluation system:

 

Hazard level: High/Medium/Low/Very low and colour coding (red to yellow)

Strengths:
  • Easy to use
  • Provides recommendations on adaptation measures
Limits:
  • Not specific to buildings
  • Not able to take existing adaptation measures into account
  • Only based on location (i.e. considers only Exposure factors)
  • Rating risk rather than resilience
  • Global geographical scope but with data gaps for some hazards

 

Web-based tool enabling non-specialists to consider the impacts of disasters on new development projects, based on project location. A user is only required to enter their project location – national, provincial or district name. The results interface shows a user whether they require high, medium or low awareness of each hazard when planning their project. ThinkHazard! also provides recommendations and guidance on how to reduce the risk from each hazard within the project area and provides links to additional resources such as country risk assessments, best practice guidance, additional websites. ThinkHazard! also highlights how each hazard may change in the future as a result of climate change.