Integrating ToxPi outputs with ArcGIS Dashboards to identify neighborhood threat levels of contaminant transferal during flood events

Newman, Galen; Malecha, Matthew; Atoba, Kayode O.

doi:10.1080/14498596.2021.1891149

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“…Because these projects generate a wealth of data, SRP has embraced a culture of data sharing to enable multidisciplinary, systems-focused centers to better identify innovative solutions to difficult environmental health problems while accelerating the pace of research in new areas [ 29 , 40 , 41 ]. For example, as teams across SRP centers collaborate to combine and integrate their diverse data, they are able to reveal new scientific connections and a more comprehensive understanding of the interplay between exposures and health, from better understanding population-specific sources of exposure to contaminants [ 42 ] to predicting how people may be exposed to contaminants during flood events [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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“…Finally, the team collaborated with researchers at the UC San Diego and Brown University SRP Centers to develop an online interactive dashboard to display how land use, such as green space or industrial land, interacts with extreme weather to affect public health [ 43 , 69 ]. They demonstrated how integrating data can help identify neighborhoods threatened by contaminant redistribution during flooding events [ 43 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adapting to Climate Change: Leveraging Systems-Focused Multidisciplinary Research to Promote Resilience

Amolegbe

Lopez

Velasco

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Approximately 2000 official and potential Superfund sites are located within 25 miles of the East or Gulf coasts, many of which will be at risk of flooding as sea levels rise. More than 60 million people across the United States live within 3 miles of a Superfund site. Disentangling multifaceted environmental health problems compounded by climate change requires a multidisciplinary systems approach to inform better strategies to prevent or reduce exposures and protect human health. The purpose of this minireview is to present the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program (SRP) as a useful model of how this systems approach can help overcome the challenges of climate change while providing flexibility to pivot to additional needs as they arise. It also highlights broad-ranging SRP-funded research and tools that can be used to promote health and resilience to climate change in diverse contexts.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Understanding Contaminant Movement In a Changing Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

Adapting to Climate Change: Leveraging Systems-Focused Multidisciplinary Research to Promote Resilience

Amolegbe

Lopez

Velasco

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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“…The ToxPi*GIS web application can also be used in tandem with ArcGIS tools/dashboards for parallel analysis (ref. 6). These applications demonstrate the utility of graphics that integrate geographic and multivariate data for addressing the disparate effects of various drivers on vulnerability and susceptibility in different locations.…”

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ToxPi*GIS Toolkit: Creating, viewing, and sharing integrative visualizations for geospatial data using ArcGIS

Fleming

Marvel

Motsinger‐Reif

et al. 2021

Preprint

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Background: Presenting a comprehensive picture of geographic data comprising multiple factors is an inherently integrative undertaking. Visualizing such data in an interactive form is essential for public sharing and geographic information systems (GIS) analysis. The Toxicological Prioritization Index (ToxPi) framework has been used as an integrative model layered atop geospatial data, and its deployment within the dynamic ArcGIS universe would open up powerful new avenues for sophisticated, interactive GIS analysis. Objective: We propose an actively developed suite of software, the ToxPi*GIS Toolkit, for creating, viewing, sharing, and analyzing interactive ToxPi figures in ArcGIS. Methods: The ToxPi*GIS Toolkit is a collection of methods for creating interactive feature layers that contain ToxPi diagrams. It currently includes an ArcGIS Toolbox (ToxPiToolbox.tbx) for drawing geographically located ToxPi diagrams onto a feature layer, a collection of modular Python scripts that create predesigned layer files containing ToxPi feature layers from the command line, and a collection of Python routines for useful data manipulation and preprocessing. We present workflows documenting ToxPi feature layer creation, sharing, and embedding for both novice and advanced users looking for additional customizability. Results: Map visualizations created with the ToxPi*GIS Toolkit can be made freely available on public URLs, allowing users without ArcGIS Pro access or expertise to view and interact with them. Novice users with ArcGIS Pro access can create de novo custom maps, and advanced users can exploit additional customization options. The ArcGIS Toolbox provides a simple means for generating ToxPi feature layers. We illustrate its usage with current COVID-19 data to compare drivers of pandemic vulnerability in counties across the United States. Significance: Development of new features, which will advance the interests of the scientific community in many fields, is ongoing for the ToxPi*GIS Toolkit, which can be accessed from www.toxpi.org.

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“…More recently, attention has been increasingly focused on the public health and other risks associated with the convergence of these exposures as contaminants from Superfund sites, TRI facilities, and other industrial sites are mobilized by floods (Bodenreider et al, 2019;Newman et al, 2021). For example, designated Superfund sites in Houston, Texas are designated as "highly vulnerable" to inland flooding, as well as highly likely to experience multi-hazard exposure (Summers et al, 2021).…”

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Gauging the Effects of Potential Chemical Transferal on High Flood-Risk Fenceline Communities

Newman

Cai²,

Zhu³

et al. 2021

J ENVIRON INFORM LET

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Integrating ToxPi outputs with ArcGIS Dashboards to identify neighborhood threat levels of contaminant transferal during flood events

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Adapting to Climate Change: Leveraging Systems-Focused Multidisciplinary Research to Promote Resilience

Adapting to Climate Change: Leveraging Systems-Focused Multidisciplinary Research to Promote Resilience

ToxPi*GIS Toolkit: Creating, viewing, and sharing integrative visualizations for geospatial data using ArcGIS

Gauging the Effects of Potential Chemical Transferal on High Flood-Risk Fenceline Communities

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