Geospatial Analysis of Public Health

• Main Authors: Bhunia, Gouri Sankar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shit, Pravat Kumar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Geographical information systems.; Medical geography.; Environmental health.; Environmental monitoring.; Health informatics.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Medical Geography.; Environmental Health.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.; Health Informatics.

This book is specifically designed to serve the community of postgraduates and researchers in the fields of epidemiology, health GIS, medical geography, and health management. It starts with the basic concepts and role of remote sensing, GIS in Kala-azar diseases. The book gives an exhaustive covera...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Spatial database for public health
• Spatio-temporal assessment of health events
• Analyzing spatial clustering of health events
• Exploring ecology and associated disease pattern
• Spatial technology in health-care planning and policy.