Overview
- Presents the state-of-the-art of using GIS and other geospatial methods for environmental health research
- Contains completely new and original material on geotechnical applications in health research
- Contributors are leading researchers and practitioners who published widely on the subject
- Includes case studies and is supported by about a hundred illustrations
Part of the book series: Geotechnologies and the Environment (GEOTECH, volume 4)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Considerations in Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health
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Front Matter
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Impacts on Environmental Health (Topical Case Studies)
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Geospatial Methods in Investigating Environmental Health
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About this book
This book focuses on a range of geospatial applications for environmental health research, including environmental justice issues, environmental health disparities, air and water contamination, and infectious diseases. Environmental health research is at an exciting point in its use of geotechnologies, and many researchers are working on innovative approaches. This book is a timely scholarly contribution in updating the key concepts and applications of using GIS and other geospatial methods for environmental health research. Each chapter contains original research which utilizes a geotechnical tool (Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, GPS, etc.) to address an environmental health problem. The book is divided into three sections organized around the following themes: issues in GIS and environmental health research; using GIS to assess environmental health impacts; and geospatial methods for environmental health. Representing diverse case studies and geospatial methods, the book is likely to be of interest to researchers, practitioners and students across the geographic and environmental health sciences. The authors are leading researchers and practitioners in the field of GIS and environmental health.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health
Editors: Juliana A. Maantay, Sara McLafferty
Series Title: Geotechnologies and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0329-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0328-5Published: 23 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3557-6Published: 23 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0329-2Published: 18 March 2011
Series ISSN: 2365-0575
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0583
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 498
Topics: Environmental Health, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry