Research Catalog

Title

GIS for health and the environment : development in the Asia-Pacific Regions / Poh C. Lai, Ann S.H. Mak (eds.).

Author

International Conference in GIS and Health (2006 : Hong Kong, China)

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lai, Poh C.
• Mak, Ann S. H.

Description

ix, 310 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Lecture notes in geoinformation and cartography

Subject

• Environmental Health
• Public Health
• Geographic Information Systems
• Information Systems and Communication Service
• Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
• Computer Applications in Geosciences
• Geosciences
• Geographic information systems
• Environmental Health
• Public Health
• Geographic Information Systems
• Geographic information systems > Islands of the Pacific > Congresses
• Environmental health > Islands of the Pacific > Congresses
• Public health > Research > Islands of the Pacific > Congresses
• Geographic information systems > Southeast Asia > Congresses
• Environmental health > Southeast Asia > Congresses
• Public health > Research > Southeast Asia > Congresses
• Public Health > Pacific Islands > Congresses
• Environmental Health > Pacific Islands > Congresses
• Pacific Islands
• Asia, Southeastern
• Asia, Southeastern
• Pacific Islands
• Southeast Asia

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "This book is a result of the International Conference in GIS and Health held on 27-29 June 2006 in Hong Kong"--P. v.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Exploratory spatial analysis methods in cancer prevention and control / Gerard Rushton -- Environmental risk factor diagnosis for epidemics / Jin-feng Wang -- A study on spatial decision support systems for epidemic disease prevention based on ArcGIS / Kun Yang ... [et al.] -- Development of a cross-domain Web-based GIS platform to support surveillance and control of communicable diseases / Cheong-wai Tsoi -- A GIS application for modeling accessibility to health care centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia / Abdulkader Murad -- Applying GIS in physical activity research : community 'walkability' and walking behaviors / Ester Cerin ... [et al.] -- Objectively assessing 'walkability' of local communities : using GIS to identify the relevant environmental attributes / Eva Leslie ... [et al.] -- Developing habitat-suitability maps of invasive ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.L) in China using GIS and statistical methods / Hao Chen, Lijun Chen and Thomas P. Albright -- An evaluation of a GIS-aided garbage collection service for the eastern district of Tainan City / Jung-hong Hong and Yue-cyuan Deng -- A study of air quality impacts on upper respiratory tract diseases / Huey-hong Hsieh ... [et al.] -- Spatial epidemiology of asthma in Hong Kong / Franklin F.M. So and P.C. Lai -- An alert system for informing environmental risk of dengue infections / Ngai Sze Wong ... [et al.] -- GIS initiatives in improving the dengue vector control / Mandy Y.F. Tang and Cheong-wai Tsoi -- Socio-demographic determinants of malaria in highly infected rural areas : regional influential assessment using GIS / Devi M. Prashanthi, C.R. Ranganathan and S. Balasubramanian -- A study of dengue disease date by GIS software in urban areas of Petaling Jaya Selatan / Mokhtar Azizi Mohd Din ... [et al.] -- A spatial-temporal approach to differentiate epidemic risk patterns / Tzai-hung Wen ... [et al.] -- A "spatiotemporal analysis of heroin addiction" system for Hong Kong / Phoebe Tak-ting Pang ... [et al.] -- A public health care information system using GIS and GPS : a case study of Shiggaon / Ashok Hanjagi, Priya Srihari and A.S. Rayamane -- GIS and health information provision in post-tsunami Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam / Paul Harris and Dylan Shaw -- Estimating population size using spatial analysis methods / A. Pinto ... [et al.] -- Avian influenza outbreaks of poultry in high risk areas of Thailand, June-December 2005 / K. Chanachai ... [et al.].

ISBN

• 9783540713173 (hardback)
• 3540713174 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2007929856

OCLC

• 173670609
• SCSB-12650337

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library