Table 1.
Risk breakdown with factors and methods of assessment - summarizes the risk components, factors, and data sources used to measure the four types of Risk. Collectively, these four risk components comprise the Compound Hazard Risk of census tracts within Harris County.
Type of Risk | Risk Factors | Description | Data/Source of Analysis |
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COVID-19 Exposure | General Exposure | High and geographically diverse visitation | Weighted node degree centrality in network analysis, using all POIs |
COVID-19 Cases | Confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people | Harris County/Houston COVID-19 Cases Dashboard and 2010 Census data | |
Transmission Risk from Protective Actions | Presence of High-Risk POIs | Increased visits to grocery stores, gas stations, etc. | Weighted node degree centrality in network analysis, using only at high-risk POIs (as found in 3.1) |
Preparation Period Visits | Higher visitation before/during Harvey | Census tract visitation Z-score, averaged Aug 18th-25th, 2017 | |
Social Vulnerability | Social Vulnerability | Community ability to prevent human suffering and financial loss | The overall ranking of the Social Vulnerability Index from CDC |
Natural Hazard Vulnerability | Disrupted Access to Healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities | Loss of access to healthcare facilities due to flooding on roads | Percent of nodes disconnected from hospitals (directly and indirectly) |