Cartographies of disease : maps, mapping, and medicine / Tom Koch.
Title:
Cartographies of disease : maps, mapping, and medicine / Tom Koch.
Personal Author:
Edition:
New expanded edition.
Publication:
Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2017]
Copyright:
©2017
Publication Date:
2017
ISBN:
9781589484672
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Mapping and mapmaking -- Medical mapmaking: early histories -- Mapping and statistics: 1830-1849 -- John Snow: the London epidemics -- The cholera debate -- Map as intent: variations on John Snow -- Mapping legacy -- Public health: the divorce -- Disease ecologies: disease atlases -- Complex processes: diffusion and structure -- GIS and medical mapping -- Map thinking redux -- Plague to Ebola, 1690-2015 -- Ebola in West Africa: when outbreaks threaten epidemic status.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Language:
English
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