Description
Health Geography: Innovative Geospatial Epidemiology presents a comprehensive exploration of the fundamental principles and methodologies underpinning remote sensing for spatial epidemiology. Organised in two parts, the first delves into the methodology of utilizing cutting-edge remote sensing technologies to detect, analyze, and predict the spatial distribution of infectious diseases through the process of extracting critical information and creating accurate geospatial models for disease mapping and monitoring. The second part provides numerous case studies that illustrate the real-world applications and transformative potential of the interdisciplinary approaches, allowing the book to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation. Health Geography is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in spatial epidemiology, geospatial sciences, and geostatistics seeking to utilize the potential of remote sensing technologies in tackling spatial epidemiological challenges.- Provides Earth Observation techniques to analyze spatial data and space–time variations in disease incidences- Delivers methodology for digital image processing, analysis and processing of primary data for monitoring, analyzing and spatiotemporal prediction of possible outbreaks- Includes a section of case studies on the use of remote sensing technologies for specific techniques, models and workflows to deal with disease
Table of Contents
PART 1: Trends in Health Geography1.Setting the stage: Geospatial epidemiology and health geography2.The history of spatial epidemiology3.Advancing spatial modeling for communicable diseases: From traditional approaches to epidemic forest frameworks4.Data quality in disease mapping5.Bayesian spatial hierarchical modeling for estimating small-area deprivation from census data6.Measuring perceptiveness: Unraveling the visual impact of thematic health mapsPART 2: Special Case Studies Using Innovative Techniques7.Empowering COVID-19 monitoring through automated mapping8.Geospatial intelligence in action: The vector guard web geographic information systems for mosquito and vector-borne disease control9.The geospatial epidemiology of malaria in Greece10.On the spatial analysis of leishmaniasis in Attica, Greece11.Health geography insights into air quality dynamics during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in Athens, Greece using Sentinel-5P and Google Earth Engine12.Legionella surveillance in Crete, Greece: Spatial analysis and implications for public health management13.Spatial aspects of Legionella14.Reading the percutaneous coronary intervention in the light of geospatial health15.Epilogue: Advancing health geography
