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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2013.76

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

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Received: 15 December 2014
Published: 1 November 2013
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dengue fever, vulnerability, visualization, WebGIS, decision support, Colombia.

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Stefan Kienberger
stefan.kienberger@sbg.ac.at
Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Michael Hagenlocher
Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Eric Delmelle
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Center for Applied GIS, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Irene Casas
Department of Social Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States.
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 disease.

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A WebGIS tool for visualizing and exploring socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia. (2013). Geospatial Health, 8(1), 313-316. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2013.76

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