[ Order This Book ] More Info: Summary Table of Contents Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology Author: Simon I. Hay (Editor),Sarah E. Randolph (Editor),Preface by J. R. Baker Cover: cover Pages: 340 List Price: $69.95 Published by Academic Press, Incorporated ISBN: 0123335604 Table of Contents Contributors to Volume 47 v Foreword vii Series Editors' Preface ix Guest Editors' Preface xi An Overview of Remote Sensing and Geodesy for Epidemiology and Public Health Application Abstract 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Active Remote Sensing 4 3. Passive Remote Sensing 5 4. Turning Satellite Sensor Data into Geophysical Data 14 5. Turning Geophysical Data into Information for Public Health 18 6. Geodesy 25 7. Conclusions 27 Acknowledgements 27 References 27 Linking Remote Sensing, Land Cover and Disease Abstract 37 1. Introduction 38 2. A Framework for the Remote Sensing of Disease 39 3. From Remotely Sensed Images of Landscape to a Multi-temporal Spectral Mosaic 45 4. From a Multi-temporal Spectral Mosaic to Land Cover 51 5. Predicting Vector Density and Disease Risk from Land Cover Data 63 6. Discussion and Conclusion 71 References 72 Spatial Statistics and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology and Public Health Abstract 82 1. Introduction 82 2. Disease Distribution Mapping 88 3. Spatial Patterns in Disease Distributions 91 4. Spatial Relationships and Causal Factors in Disease Distributions 101 5. Decision Support for Disease Intervention 113 6. Conclusions 118 Acknowledgements 120 References 120 Satellites, Space, Ti