A WebGIS tool for visualizing and exploring socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia

Kienberger, Stefan and Hagenlocher, Michael and Delmelle, Eric and Casas, Irene (2013) A WebGIS tool for visualizing and exploring socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia. Geospatial Health, 8 (1). pp. 313-316. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

WebGIS tools have the potential to disseminate the outputs of spatial vulnerability assessments to a wide range of communities, including public health decision-makers. Based on a previous assessment of socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia, we developed and used a WebGIS tool to facilitate the visualization, exploration and dissemination of prevailing vulnerabilities to dengue fever in an interactive online environment. Results show that the tool presented here has distinct implications for policy and decision-making as it facilitates spatial prioritisation, both with respect to the intervention areas and the intervention measures needed to reduce human susceptibility and strengthen resilience to the diseas

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dengue fever, vulnerability, visualization, WebGIS, decision support, Colombia
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica > 614.4 Incidenza delle malattie e misure pubblica per prevenirle (classificare qui l'Epidemiologia, l'Epidemiologia clinica)
Depositing User:	Chiara D'Arpa
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2014 16:32
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2014 16:32
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/9462

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