Place and Health as Complex Systems A Case Study and Empirical Test /

• Main Authors: Castellani, Brian (Author), Rajaram, Rajeev (Author), Buckwalter, J. Galen (Author), Ball, Michael (Author), Hafferty, Frederic (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Complexity, Computational.; Human geography.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Complexity.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Human Geography.

The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studyin...