The Added Value of Geographical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health

Preface. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Maps. Editorial Introduction; R.M. Stern, M.J.C. de Lepper, H.J. Scholten. Part I: Need of Information in Public and Environmental Health. 1. Environment and Health Data in Europe as a Tool for Risk Management: Needs, Uses and Strategies; R.M. Stern. 2. Indicators of Public Health and Environmental Quality; E. Lebret. 3. Meta-Information Systems for Environment and Health; J.A. Bakkes. Part II: The Components of GIS. 4. An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems; H.J. Scholten, M.J.C. de Lepper. 5. The Integration of Information in a GIS Environment; A.U.C.J. van Beurden, M.J.C. de Lepper. 6. Organisational Aspects of Geographical Information Systems; D.W. Heath. 7. Data Aspects of Geographical Information Systems; J. Meas, M.H. Cornaert. Part III: Analysis of Spatial Information. 8. Spatial Analysis in Health Research; W. Douven, H.J. Scholten. 9. Strategies for the Use of Geography in Epidemiological Analysis; A. Westlake. 10. Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Disease: Some Issues in the Mapping of Incidence Data for Relatively Rare Conditions; P. Brown, A. Hirschfield, J. Marsden. Part IV: Applications of GIS in Public and Environmental Health. 11. The Exploration of the Possible Relationship between Deaths, Births and Air Pollution in Scottish Towns; O.L. Lloyd. 12. Road Traffic Accidents to Children in North East England; S. Raybould, S. Walsh. 13. Geographical Software Applications for Health Sector Planning: Experiences froma Study for Famine Management; D. Guha-Sapir. 14. GIS: a New Tool in the Fight against Schistosomiasis; S.S. Yoon. 15. GIS and Spatial Epidemiology: Modelling the Possible Association between Cancer of the Larynx and Incineration in North-West England; A.C. Gatrell, C.E. Dunn. 16. The Potential Role of GIS Technology in Air Toxics Risk Assessment, Communication and Management; T.J. Moore. Part V: Added Value of GIS. 17. Spatial Information to make a Difference: Value Added Decision-Making in the Health Sector with GIS; W.E. Bertrand, N.B. Mock. 18. The Long Term Potential of GIS for Epidemiology; S. Raybould, J. Nicol, A. Cross, M. Coombes. Part VI: Implementing A GIS. 19. Geographic Information Systems in Organisations: Some Conditions for their Effective Utilisation; I. Masser, H. Campbell. 20. Building a European GIS: the Corine Experience; D.J. Briggs. 21. Implementing a Global GIS for Modeling Sustainable Environmental Quality: the Critical Load Experience; E.N. Meijer, J.-P. Hettelingh, P. Padding. Part VII: Towards a Health and Environmental GIS for Europe. 22. Development of a Health and Environment Geographical Information System for the European Region; D.J. Briggs, R.M. Stern, M.J.C. de Lepper, H.J. Scholten. References. Appendix 1: The European Charter on Environment and Health.