Benedicta-Onyekwere/Liberia-Humanitarian-Mapping

# Flood Vulnerability & Humanitarian Mapping for Liberia ### From Global Flood Visualization to Humanitarian Decision Support This project began as an interactive visualization of historical flood events around the world using **Leaflet.js** and **GitHub Pages**.It later evolved into a Liberia-focused humanitarian mapping application that combines historical flood events, health facility locations, and reported gender-based violence (GBV) incidents. The project demonstrates how open geospatial data can be integrated into practical decision-support tools for humanitarian planning and disaster preparedness. Rather than simply visualising historical flood events, the project identifies **health facilities located near previous flood events**, highlighting locations that may become difficult to access during future flooding and where vulnerable populations could face additional risks. --- ## 🌍 Live Map Links * **Main Global Map:** benedicta-onyekwere.github.… * **Liberia Deep Dive Map:** benedicta-onyekwere.github.… --- ## Project Purpose The project aims to demonstrate how geospatial technologies can support humanitarian and development work by: - Visualizing historical flood events at both global and country levels. - Identifying health facilities located close to historical flood events. - Supporting evidence-based disaster preparedness and response planning. - Integrating reported gender-based violence (GBV) incidents into spatial analysis. - Demonstrating practical applications of GIS for humanitarian decision-making. - Exploring how open data can be transformed into accessible web mapping tools. The project demonstrates how relatively simple geospatial tools can improve situational awareness and support evidence-informed humanitarian planning. --- ## Why this matters Floods do not simply damage infrastructure. They interrupt access to healthcare, isolate vuln …