Overview
- Provides geographical perspective and diffusion analysis of malaria in the recent history of the South Asian countries
- An interdisciplinary approach: medical geography, Asian studies, planning, epidemiology, pure sciences (vaccine and genetic engineering considerations, clinical study reports) and public health are interrelated
- Contains up-to-date information for scholars and professionals in health planning and development, also valuable for students
Part of the book series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research (AAHER)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Reviews
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“The book under review, would serve as a good source document not only for medical geographers, but also for an interdisciplinary audience including health planners, social scientists, historians, non-governmental organizations, donor agencies and public health specialists. It would be good addition to the libraries of national and international medical institutions, serving as a reference for aspiring scholars studying South Asia. The editors have done a commendable job in highlighting the need for increased allocation of resources in South Asia … .” (Vas Dev, Current Science, Vol. 99 (8), October, 2010)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rais Akhtar is CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published more then 12 books and numerous articles on medical geography. He is the recipient of multiple international fellowships, and was nominated to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which co-won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore.
Dr. Ashok K. Dutt is Professor Emeritus of Geography, Planning, and Urban Studies at The University of Akron. He has published in major journals of the world and has written and edited over 20 books. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and Ford Foundation Fellow, received the R.N. Dubey Foundation award for Lifetime Achievement in Geography, and was honored with the title of Bhugool Bachaspati (Most Learned Geographer) in 2008 at the National Congress of National Association of Indian Geographers.
Dr. Vandana Wadhwa is Lecturer at Boston University, Massachusetts. She has published in several major journals and contributed various books chapters and encyclopedia entries. She is the former Chair of the Health & Medical Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, Secretary-Treasurer of its Disability Specialty Group, and Director of South Asia Studies within the Asian Geography Specialty Group.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Malaria in South Asia
Book Subtitle: Eradication and Resurgence During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Editors: Rais Akhtar, Ashok K. Dutt, Vandana Wadhwa
Series Title: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3358-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3357-4Published: 18 December 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3124-0Published: 01 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3358-1Published: 04 December 2009
Series ISSN: 1879-7180
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7199
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 241
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Public Health, Environmental Health, Physical Geography