Developing a dashboard visualizing compensation data on damages caused by extreme events

Abstract

As a response to the demand for visualization supporting climate change adaptation, we present a visual dashboard that visualizes insurance compensation data on damages caused by weather-related extreme events. Open access is appreciated by users and we have therefore developed the dashboard with open source JavaScript libraries. The dashboard consists of coordinated and multiple views, since this kind of configuration has been recognized as suitable for presenting multivariate time-series data. Focused interviews held with emergency officers confirmed that a dashboard for visualizing insurance compensations could be of great value to stakeholders. Such configuration is indeed effective and triggers discussion on climate change impacts. Our further plan for the tool, therefore, includes a crowdsourcing functionality that collects local perspectives on what constitutes a resilient community.