Editors:
- Presents a timely collection of studies on the progress, opportunities, and challenges related to how urban health may benefit from the advancement of geospatial technologies
- Provides research papers showcasing how geospatial technologies can be used for urban health research and urban health management
- Offers theoretical explanations as well as applied analyses in the combined study of urban health and geospatial technologies
Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Health Geography (GPHG)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Urban Health Risk and Disease
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Urban Health Service Access
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Healthy Behavior and Urban Lifestyle
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Health Policies and Urban Health Management
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About this book
This volume presents a timely collection of research papers on the progress, opportunities, and challenges related to the advancement of geospatial technologies for applications in urban health research and management. The chapter authors cover technologies ranging from traditional GIS and remote sensing technologies, to recently developed tracking/locational technologies and volunteered geographic information (VGI). In four main sections, the book uniquely contributes to the conversation of how geospatial technologies and other GIScience research may be enhanced by addressing the data and challenges presented by urban health issues. The book is intended for those with backgrounds in health and medical geography, social epidemiology, urban planning, health management, and lifestyle research.
The book starts with an introduction by the editors, providing an overview of traditional and emerging geospatial technologies and how they each can significantly contribute to urban health studies. Section 1 covers urban health risk and disease, and analyses the spatial and temporal patterns of selected urban health issues. Section 2 addresses urban health service access, and demonstrates how traditional and new geospatial technologies apply to different segments of urban populations facing varied challenges. Section 3 focuses on incorporating geospatial technologies in promoting healthy behaviours and lifestyles in urban settings. Section 4 assesses how geospatial technologies may be incorporated into urban health policies and management practices. Adopting a forward-looking perspective, these papers examine the various health challenges in urban systems, and explore how new and emerging geospatial technologies will need to develop to address these problems.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
Yongmei Lu
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Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA
Eric Delmelle
About the editors
Dr. Eric Delmelle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his M.A. in Geography at SUNY Buffalo in 2001, his M.S. in Industrial Engineering at SUNY Buffalo in 2004, and his PhD in Geography at SUNY Buffalo in 2005. He has co-edited 1 book volume, co-written over 45 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 15 articles in edited books and conference proceedings, and has participated in over 80 conferenceproceedings and invited talks. His teaching and research interests include spatial optimization, GIS, geovisualization, epidemiology, uncertainty, and spatial analysis and modeling.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geospatial Technologies for Urban Health
Editors: Yongmei Lu, Eric Delmelle
Series Title: Global Perspectives on Health Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19573-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19572-4Published: 18 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19575-5Published: 18 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19573-1Published: 10 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2522-8005
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 259
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Public Health, Medical Geography, Simulation and Modeling, Big Data