Geospatial Analysis of Public Health (Global Perspectives on Health Geography)

"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 coverage of Satellite data, GPS, GIS, spatial and attribute data modeling, and geospatial analysis of Kala-azar diseases. It also presents the modern trends of remote sensing and GIS in health risk assessment with an illustrated discussion on its numerous applications."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Introduction to Geoinformatics in Public Health (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 1-27 Spatial Database for Public Health and Cartographic Visualization (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 29-57 Basic of GIS and Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Health Events (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 59-98 Spatial Statistics and Public Health Events (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 99-138 Exploring Ecology and Associated Disease Pattern (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 139-198 Disease Risk Assessment and GIS Technology (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 199-218 Spatial Technology in Health-Care Planning and Policy (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 219-226 Back Matter ....Pages 227-228 "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 coverage of Satellite data, GPS, GIS, spatial and attribute data modeling, and geospatial analysis of Kala-azar diseases. It also presents the modern trends of remote sensing and GIS in health risk assessment with an illustrated discussion on its numerous applications."--Publisher's website