Geospatial Technology for Human Well-Being and Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Geospatial Technology for Human Well-Being and Health: An Overview

   • Fazlay S. Faruque

   Pages 1-27

3. Building the Analytic Toolbox: From Spatial Analytics to Spatial Statistical Inference with Geospatial Data

   • Lance A. Waller

   Pages 29-35

4. Geostatistical Methods for Modeling Environmental Exposures with Applications to Ambient Air Pollution

   • Howard H. Chang

   Pages 37-47

5. Spatial Epidemiology and Public Health

   • Shikhar Shrestha, Thomas J. Stopka

   Pages 49-77

6. Understanding Health Data by Mobility Analytics

   • Qiang Qu, Susheng Zhang, Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Bamakan, Christos Doulkeridis, George Vouros

   Pages 79-90

7. Health Line Saúde24: An Econometric Spatial Analysis of Its Use

   • Paula Simões, Isabel Natário, M. Lucília Carvalho, Sandra Aleixo, Sérgio Gomes

   Pages 91-118

8. Modeling and Predicting Influenza Circulations Using Earth Observing Data

   • Radina P. Soebiyanto, Richard K. Kiang

   Pages 119-126

9. Using the NASA Giovanni System to Assess and Evaluate Remotely-Sensed and Model Data Variables Relevant to Public Health Issues

   • James G. Acker

   Pages 127-149

10. Geospatial Analysis of the Urban Health Environment

    • Juliana Maantay, Angelika Winner, Andrew Maroko

    Pages 151-183

11. Geospatial Tools for Social Medicine: Understanding Rural-Urban Divide

    • Steven A. Cohen, Mary L. Greaney, Elizabeth Erdman, Elena N. Naumova

    Pages 185-201

12. Identifying and Visualizing Space-Time Clusters of Vector-Borne Diseases

    • Michael Desjardins, Alexander Hohl, Eric Delmelle, Irene Casas

    Pages 203-217

13. Machine Learning, Big Data, and Spatial Tools: A Combination to Reveal Complex Facts That Impact Environmental Health

    • David J. Lary, Lakitha Omal Harindha Wijeratne, Gebreab K. Zewdie, Daniel Kiv, Daji Wu, Fazlay S. Faruque et al.

    Pages 219-241

14. Advancement in Airborne Particulate Estimation Using Machine Learning

    • Lakitha Omal Harindha Wijeratne, Gebreab K. Zewdie, Daniel Kiv, Adam Aker, David J. Lary, Shawhin Talebi et al.

    Pages 243-263

15. Linking Disease Outcomes to Environmental Risks: The Effects of Changing Spatial Scale

    • Chetan Tiwari, David Sterling, Leslie Allsopp

    Pages 265-280

16. The Influence of MATUP on Identifying Spatiotemporal Emerging Hot Clusters on Public Health Issues: Cases of Dengue Fever and Lung Cancer

    • Huiyu Lin, Jay Lee

    Pages 281-298

17. The Spatial Non-stationarity in Modeling Crime and Health: A Case Study of Akron, Ohio

    • Huiyu Lin, Jay Lee, Gregory Fruits

    Pages 299-310

18. Challenges of Assessing Spatiotemporal Patterns of Environmentally Driven Infectious Diseases in Resource-Poor Settings

    • Alina M. McIntyre, Karen C. Kosinski, Elena N. Naumova

    Pages 311-336

19. Modeling Distributional Potential of Infectious Diseases

    • Abdallah M. Samy, Carlos Yáñez-Arenas, Anja Jaeschke, Yanchao Cheng, Stephanie Margarete Thomas

    Pages 337-353

20. Spatially Integrating Microbiology and Geochemistry to Reveal Complex Environmental Health Issues: Anthrax in the Contiguous United States

    • Erin E. Silvestri, Steven H. Douglas, Vicky A. Luna, C. A. O. Jean-Babtiste, Deryn Pressman-Mashin née Harbin, Laura A. Hempel et al.

    Pages 355-377

Over the last thirty years or so, there have been tremendous advancements in the area of geospatial health; however, somehow, two aspects have not received as much attention as they should have received. These are a) limitations of different spatial analytical tools and b) progress in making geospatial environmental exposure data available for advanced health science research and for medical practice. This edited volume addresses those two less explored areas of geospatial health with augmented discussions on the theories, methodologies and limitations of contemporary geospatial technologies in a wide range of applications related to human well-being and health.

In 20 chapters, readers are presented with an up-to-date assessment of geospatial technologies with an emphasis on understanding general geospatial principles and methodologies that are often overlooked in the research literature. As a result, this book will be of interest to both newcomers and experts in geospatial analysis and will appeal to students and researchers engaged in studying human well-being and health. 

Chapters are presenting new concepts, new analytical methods and contemporary applications within the framework of geospatial applications in human well-being and health. The topics addressed by the various chapter authors include analytical approaches, newer areas of geospatial health application, introduction to unique resources, geospatial modeling, and environmental pollution assessments for air, water and soil.

Although geospatial experts are expected to be the primary readers, this book is designed in such a way so that the public health professionals, environmental health scientists and clinicians also find it useful with or without any familiarity with geospatial analysis.

• Spatial analytics
• Geospatial data
• GIS
• Public health
• Environmental health
• Machine learning
• Seasonality
• Earth observation
• Medical geology
• Healthcare
• Medical geography
• Epidemiology

• Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA

  Fazlay S. Faruque

Dr. Fazlay Faruque is a Professor of Preventive Medicine and the founding Director of the GIS & Remote Sensing program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). He is also an adjunct Professor of Environmental Science at Jackson State University and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. He has a BS and MS in Geology and Mining, and an MS and PhD in Geological Engineering. Dr. Faruque has been engaged in teaching and research in the areas of geospatial technology and environmental health for more than twenty five years. He has been funded for his research by several external sponsors including NASA and NIH, and has served as a guest editor of special issues on geospatial applications in health for three different journals. Dr. Faruque was the Chair of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)’s Working Group on Health from 2012 – 2016, and now serves as the Chair of its Inter-commission Working Group on Environment and Health. 

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