
Health Geography
Innovative Geospatial Epidemiology
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
- Editors: Andreas Tsatsaris, Anna Psaroulaki, Dimosthenis Chochlakis, Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos, Nikolaos Stathopoulos
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 1 4 7 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 1 4 8 - 7
Health Geography: Innovative Geospatial Epidemiology presents a comprehensive exploration of the fundamental principles and methodologies underpinning remote sensing for spatia… Read more
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- 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
1: Introduction
Section 2: Trends in Health Geography
2: The History of Spatial Epidemiology
Prof. Tsatsaris A., Dr. Kalogeropoulos K.
3: Geospatial technology in spatial epidemiology
Dr. Trang VoPham
4: Spatial metrics and data in Geography of Health
Dr. Demiris
5: Visualize spatial epidemics
Dr. Philippe Lemey
6: Epidemiologic measurements for a health approach
Prof. Psaroulaki A.
7: Modeling Spatial Variation of Epidemiologic Risk
Dr. Julia Kelsall
8: Spatial heterogeneity in epidemiology
Prof. Jean Gaudart MD
9: Disease spatial clustering
Dr. Mammen P Mammen Jr.
10: The Malaria Atlas Project
Dr. Weiss Dan
11: VGI innovations for public health
Dr. Antoniou V.
12: The role of transportation on the spread of zoonotic diseases
Dr Snezana Tomanovic
Section 3: Special case studies using innovative techniques
13: The case of Covid in Greece
Prof. Pappa A.
14: Malaria: an old new problem in Greece
Prof. Tsatsaris A., Dr. Kalogeropoulos K., Pergantas P.
15: Vector-Borne Zoonoses: West Nile Virus
Dr. John Brownstein
16: Zika virus infection
Dr. Patrícia Nunes-Silva
17: Spatiality of Dengue Fever Outbreaks
Dr. Eric Delmelle
18: Spatial Aspects of Legionellosis in Greece
Prof. Psaroulaki, A., Dr Chohlakis D., Prof. Tsatsaris A., Dr. Demiris N.
19: Spatial analysis and mapping of the Ebola virus outbreaks in Africa
Dr. Miles W. Carroll
20: The Avian influenza virus in China. Spatial investigation
Dr. Lu Lu
21: Spatial analysis of COVID-19
Dr. Ivan Franch-Pardo
22: Conclusions and future perspectives
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Andreas Tsatsaris
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Anna Psaroulaki
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Dimosthenis Chochlakis
Dr Dimosthenis Chochlakis collaborates with the laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis of the School of Medicine of the University of Crete. He also serves as the Technical Manager of the Regional Laboratory of Public Health of Crete. For the last 15 years he has been working on Legionella detection and has also taken part in many epidemiological investigations. He has participated in eight research protocols granted by the NSRF, the Ministry of Education Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Health of Greece. Since October 2020 he also served for the setting up of the molecular analysis and detection of SARS-Cov-2 from waste-water samples.
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Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos
Dr. Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos is a Survey Engineer (Ph.D., MSc, and BSc), and an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, University of West Attica, Greece. His research interests are focused on GIS, SDI, spatial analysis, spatial epidemiology, natural disaster modeling, geoarchaeology, digital cartography, and geography. He is also a lecturer at the Greek National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government, a certified evaluator of the Greek General Secretariat in Research and Technology and an Expert in Earth Sciences in the use of GIS and Remote Sensing applications for the Institute of Educational Policy, of the Greek Ministry of Education. He boasts a publication record of over 100 articles in scientific journals and international conferences, which have garnered numerous references. His involvement extends to over 15 national and international research programs. Additionally, he serves as a reviewer for more than 25 esteemed scientific journals.
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