Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Geospatial analysis is a generic term describing several technologies or methods of
computational analysis using the Earth as a living laboratory. These methods can be
implemented to assess risk and study preventative mitigation practices for Public Health.
Through the incorporation Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing tools, data
collection can be conducted at a larger scale, more frequent, and less expensive that traditional
in situ methods. These techniques can be extrapolated to be used to study a variety of topics.
Application of these tools and techniques were demonstrated through Public Health research.
Although it is understand resolution, or scale, of a research project can impact a study’s results;
further research is needed to understand the extent of the result’s bias. Extreme heat
vulnerability analysis was studied to validate previously identified socioeconomic and
environmental variables influential for mitigation studies, and how the variability of resolution
impacts the results of the methodology. Heat was also investigated for the implication of spatial
and temporal resolution, or aggregation, influence on results. Methods studying the physical
and socioeconomic environments of Dengue Fever outbreaks were also studied to identify
patters of vector emergence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/11266 |
| Date | 02 May 2016 |
| Creators | Stanforth, Austin Curran |
| Contributors | Filippelli, Gabriel, Johnson, Daniel P., Wang, Lixin, Wilson, Jeffrey, Moreno-Madriñán, Max J., Jacinthe, Pierre-André |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
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