Vulnerable Neighborhood Explorer (VNE): An Open-Source Visual Analytics Tool for Exploring Social Vulnerability to Disasters across Different Neighborhoods

IF 2.4 4区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SoftwareX Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2025.102233

Su Yeon Han , Jooyoung Yoo , Alexander Michels , Jeon-Young Kang , Shaowen Wang , Joon-Seok Kim

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Abstract

We developed the Vulnerable Neighborhood Explorer (VNE), a geovisual analytics tool that helps decision-makers and researchers identify disaster-prone neighborhoods using socioeconomic and demographic data. By creating neighborhood boundaries from user-provided data, VNE enables analysis of disparities in disaster impacts (e.g., casualties, injuries, infections) and their socioeconomic drivers. It employs clustering algorithms and a dynamic interface with Coordinated and Multiple Views (CMV), linking maps and charts interactively. Features like cross-filtering and brushing instantly update visualizations, allowing seamless exploration of vulnerable neighborhoods and their population characteristics in specific disaster contexts.

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脆弱社区浏览器（VNE）：一个开源的可视化分析工具，用于探索不同社区的社会脆弱性

我们开发了脆弱社区探索者（VNE），这是一种地理可视化分析工具，可以帮助决策者和研究人员利用社会经济和人口统计数据识别易受灾害影响的社区。通过根据用户提供的数据创建社区边界，VNE可以分析灾害影响（例如伤亡、伤害、感染）及其社会经济驱动因素的差异。它采用聚类算法和具有协调和多视图（CMV）的动态接口，以交互方式链接地图和图表。交叉过滤和刷图等功能可以即时更新可视化图像，从而可以无缝地探索特定灾害背景下的脆弱社区及其人口特征。

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来源期刊

SoftwareX COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

2.90%

发文量

184

审稿时长

9 weeks

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