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The Added Value of Geographical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Marion J. C. Lepper

    1. National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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  2. Henk J. Scholten

    1. Department of Regional Economics, Free University & GEODAN bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  3. Richard M. Stern

    1. World Health Organization, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 24)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Need of Information in Public and Environmental Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Environment and Health Data in Europe as a Tool for Risk Management: Needs, Uses and Strategies

      • Richard M. Stern
      Pages 3-24

    3. Indicators of Public Health and Environmental Quality

      • Erik Lebret
      Pages 25-39

    4. Meta-Information Systems for Environment and Health

      • Jan A. Bakkes
      Pages 41-50

  3. The Components of Geographical Information Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

      • Henk J. Scholten, Marion J. C. de Lepper
      Pages 53-70

    3. The Integration of Information in Geographical Information Systems

      • Arthur U. C. J. van Beurden, Marion J. C. de Lepper
      Pages 71-86

    4. Organizational Aspects of Geographical Information Systems

      • David W. Heath
      Pages 87-97

    5. Data Aspects of Geographical Information Systems

      • J. Maes, M. H. Cornaert
      Pages 99-114

  4. Analysis of Spatial Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Spatial Analysis in Health Research

      • Wim Douven, Henk J. Scholten
      Pages 117-133

    3. Strategies for the Use of Geography in Epidemiological Analysis

      • Andrew Westlake
      Pages 135-144

    4. Analysing Spatial Patterns of Disease: Some Issues in the Mapping of Incidence Data for Relatively Rare Conditions

      • Peter Brown, Alexander Hirschfield, John Marsden
      Pages 145-163

  5. Applications of Geogrpaphical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The Exploration of the Possible Relationship Between Deaths, Births and Air Pollution in Scottish Towns

      • Owen L. Lloyd
      Pages 167-180

    3. Road Traffic Accidents Involving Children in North-East England

      • Simon Raybould, Sean Walsh
      Pages 181-188

    4. Geographical Software Applications for Health Sector Planning: Experiences from a Study for Famine Management

      • Debarati Guha-Sapir
      Pages 189-199

    5. Geographical Information Systems: A New Tool in the Fight Against Schistosomiasis

      • Steven S. Yoon
      Pages 201-213

    6. Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Epidemiology: Modelling the Possible Association Between Cancer of the Larynx and Incineration in North-west England

      • Anthony C. Gatrell, Christine E. Dunn
      Pages 215-235
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About this book

Health for all by the year 2000 is the blueprint for change agreed to by the Member States of the World Health Organization. In Europe, this blueprint is built on 38 regional targets, many of which have the underlying aim of uncovering new knowledge and of using existing knowledge more effectively. The targets related to a healthy environment have the ultimate goals of safeguarding human health against environmental hazards, and of enhancing the quality of life by providing clean and safe water, air, food, and working and living conditions. Allied to these goals is the need to reduce the sense of jeopardy that many people feel about what they perceive as 'the risks of everyday life'. These goals are an integral part of the European Charter on Environment and Health, adopted by 29 European Member States and the Commission of the European Communities in December 1989. The Charter stresses the shared responsibility of everyone to protect the environment, to be given adequate and accurateinformation, and to be involved in decision-making. It outUnes the principles for public policy as well as what needs to be done to transform them into action. In this, strong information systems have a vital role to play by helping to monitor the effectiveness of measures taken, of trends analysed, of priorities set and of decisions made.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Marion J. C. Lepper

  • Department of Regional Economics, Free University & GEODAN bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Henk J. Scholten

  • World Health Organization, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Richard M. Stern

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Added Value of Geographical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health

  • Editors: Marion J. C. Lepper, Henk J. Scholten, Richard M. Stern

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-31560-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1887-3Due: 31 January 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-3771-5Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-585-31560-7Published: 27 July 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 358

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Geography, general, Public Health, Environment, general

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