This book demonstrates how GIS techniques and statistical methods can be used to emphasise the characteristics of population and its related variables, vis-à-vis care facilities and the status of vector borne diseases, as well as for malaria modeling. Concentrating on the Varanasi district of India, the main aim of the book is to determine and map the density areas of vector borne diseases using GIS techniques. The book explores how health GIS is an important sub-discipline of health science and medical geography, which is traditionally focused on the spatial aspects of disease ecology and health care facility analysis. Read more... Abstract: This book demonstrates how GIS techniques and statistical methods can be used to emphasise the characteristics of population and its related variables, vis-à-vis care facilities and the status of vector borne diseases, as well as for malaria modeling. Concentrating on the Varanasi district of India, the main aim of the book is to determine and map the density areas of vector borne diseases using GIS techniques. The book explores how health GIS is an important sub-discipline of health science and medical geography, which is traditionally focused on the spatial aspects of disease ecology and health care facility analysis Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Health Care System and Geospatial Technology: A Conceptual Framework of the Study (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 1-28 Applying Remote Sensing and GIS in Study of Physical and Cultural Aspects of Varanasi District (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 29-61 Integration of Census Data with GIS for Analysis of Population Characteristics (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 63-92 Analysis of Health Care Facility Using GIS and GPS (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 93-121 GIS in Vector Born Disease Mapping (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 123-137 A Study of Malaria Susceptibility Mapping Using Statistical Methods with GIS (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 139-176 An Analysis of Geographical Survey for Utilization of Health Care Facilities (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 177-211 GIS Initiatives in Health Care Planning (Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat)....Pages 213-231 This book demonstrates how GIS techniques and statistical methods can be used to emphasize the characteristics of population and its related variables, vis-à-vis care facilities and the status of vector borne diseases, as well as for malaria modeling. Concentrating on the Varanasi district of India, the main aim of the book is to determine and map the density areas of vector borne diseases using GIS techniques. The book explores how health GIS is an important sub-discipline of health science and medical geography, which is traditionally focused on the spatial aspects of disease ecology and health care facility analysis
