Repository roles are intentionally separated.

This repository compares how multiple Social Vulnerability Index implementations rank places in Southeast Texas and documents the decisions that shape local site selection. The codebase is organized around stable source data, reproducible posted analyses, and a separate working area for intermediate outputs.

Repository structure

  • Posted/ contains the replication notebooks and curated outputs intended to be rerun by others.
  • SourceData/ contains stable input data used during replication and should remain unchanged.
  • Work/ is a working/output space and is excluded from version control.

Decision cascade framing

See how the project compares CDC, HRRC, and SVInsight implementations and how the analysis moves from variable alignment to final site-selection implications.

Read methods

Stable source datasets

Review the three source families, file roles, and expectations for what should and should not change during replication.

Review data guide

Run notebooks cleanly

Use the posted notebooks, Codespaces setup, and folder conventions to reproduce the analysis without mixing in working artifacts.

Open replication steps

Start from the repository, not from scratch.

Use the repository assets that already exist rather than rebuilding the workflow manually.