Overview
- Provides a unique view on health GIS techniques and health facility analysis
- Offers three statistical methods (multiple linear regression, heuristic approach, information value), to facilitate vector borne disease mapping
- Includes an in-depth case study of disease planning in the Varanasi District, India
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
This book demonstrates how GIS techniques and statistical methods can be used to emphasise the characteristics of population and its related variables, vis-à-vis care facilities and the status of vector borne diseases, as well as for malaria modeling. Concentrating on the Varanasi district of India, the main aim of the book is to determine and map the density areas of vector borne diseases using GIS techniques.
The book explores how health GIS is an important sub-discipline of health science and medical geography, which is traditionally focused on the spatial aspects of disease ecology and health care facility analysis.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. M.S.Nathawat is a well-known Geographer. After his M.A. in Geography from Rajasthan University (1980), he worked in South Asia Study Centre, University of Rajasthan as a Research Fellow (1982-1984) and then he joined as a Scientist/Lecturer (1985-93) and Senior Scientific Officer and in-charge (1993-98) in Dept. of Remote Sensing, B.M. Birla Science & Technology Centre, Jaipur. He also joined State NRDMS Centre, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Haryana as a Project Director (1998-2001). Prof. Nathawat headed Department of Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi (India) from 2001 to 2011. At present Prof. Nathawat is working as a Professor in Geography Discipline School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India since 2011. He did his PG Diploma (1986-87) in Remote Sensing Techniques in Geology & Geomorphology, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dept. of Space. Dehradun. He has completed his PhD (1992-96) in University of Rajasthan in the field of Geomorphological Aspects of the Processes of Desertification in Rajasthan: Monitoring & Dynamics with Remote Sensing. His area of specialization and research interest are Desertification, GIS, Natural Resources Management, Regional & Urban Planning, Environmental Geomorphology, Climate Change, Sustainable livelihood and Disaster Management. He has 30 years’ research experiences and 16 years teaching experiences in the field of Remote Sensing and GIS and has published more than 60 research papers in various international and national journals and has also written 8 books. Prof Nathawat also made significant contributions in number of Atlases published by NRSC (ISRO), HSCST, and SAC etc. He has been awarded Baden-Wuerttemberg Fellowship-2009-10 (Under Indo-German Cultural Exchange Programme). Under his supervision more than 15 PhD. students and 42 M.Tech./M.Sc. students have completed their degree.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geoinformatics in Health Facility Analysis
Authors: Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44624-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44623-3Published: 13 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83097-1Published: 08 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44624-0Published: 29 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 231
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Environmental Health, Health Care Management