ThinkHazard! is designed for a different audience than most data sources on this page. Developed by GFDRR and the World Bank, it translates complex global hazard models into simple risk ratings (low to very high) with actionable guidance notes — making it a tool for project managers, policymakers, and development practitioners who need to understand natural hazard exposure without GIS expertise or access to raw spatial data.
For GIS professionals, ThinkHazard serves as a rapid screening step: before investing time in detailed spatial analysis, check ThinkHazard to quickly identify which hazards are relevant for a project location and which can be deprioritized.
ThinkHazard is not a GIS data source in the traditional sense — it provides risk summaries and recommendations, not downloadable spatial layers. But it links to the underlying hazard models and datasets that its assessments are based on, and those sources can be downloaded for detailed analysis in Atlas, QGIS, or ArcGIS.
This makes ThinkHazard a useful entry point into the global hazard data landscape: it tells you what risks matter at a location and points you toward the authoritative datasets behind each rating. For organizations conducting due diligence on infrastructure investments, site selection, or development projects in unfamiliar regions, ThinkHazard provides the multi-hazard overview that helps scope the detailed spatial work that follows.
