Papers

This Package

A paper accompanying this software package will be published in the Journal of Open Source Software. Once published, it will be linked here.

Projects Using This Work

You can also read the following papers that have explicitly used these methodologies:

  • Preisser, M., Passalacqua, P., Bixler, R. P., & Boyles, S. (2023). A network-based analysis of critical resource accessibility during floods. Frontiers in Water, 5, 1278205, 10.3389/frwa.2023.1278205

  • Preisser, M., Passalacqua, P., Bixler, R. P., & Hofmann, J. (2022). Intersecting near-real time fluvial and pluvial inundation estimates with sociodemographic vulnerability to quantify a household flood impact index. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(15), 3941-3964, 10.5194/hess-26-3941-2022

  • Bixler, R. P., Yang, E., Richter, S. M., & Coudert, M. (2021). Boundary crossing for urban community resilience: A social vulnerability and multi-hazard approach in Austin, Texas, USA. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 66, 102613, 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102613

Additional Literature

Additionally, there are a number of relevant peer-reviewed articles we recommend to users if they are interested in learning more about social vulnerability topics:

  • Cutter, S. L., Boruff, B. J., & Shirley, W. L. (2012). Social vulnerability to environmental hazards. In Hazards vulnerability and environmental justice (pp. 143-160). Routledge.

  • Fatemi, F., Ardalan, A., Aguirre, B., Mansouri, N., & Mohammadfam, I. (2017). Social vulnerability indicators in disasters: Findings from a systematic review. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 22, 219-227, 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.09.006

  • Flanagan, B. E., Gregory, E. W., Hallisey, E. J., Heitgerd, J. L., & Lewis, B. (2011). A social vulnerability index for disaster management. Journal of homeland security and emergency management, 8(1), 0000102202154773551792, 10.2202/1547-7355.1792

  • Spielman, S. E., Tuccillo, J., Folch, D. C., Schweikert, A., Davies, R., Wood, N., & Tate, E. (2020). Evaluating social vulnerability indicators: criteria and their application to the Social Vulnerability Index. Natural hazards, 100, 417-436, 10.1007/s11069-019-03820-z