Using GIS to Identify Opportunities for Improved Health in Ur... - 9783031896163

Using GIS to Identify Opportunities for Improved Health in Urban SlumsThe Applied Case of Midnapore, India\nAuthor(s): Bikash Dutta, Manas Das, Sutapa Rath, Sutapa Das\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031896163, 978-3031896163\nSynopsis\nThis book offers geospatial modelling techniques for the analysis of healthcare in poor urban neighborhoods and of the ways that residents of these neighborhoods make healthcare choices and cope with deprivation. The authors use the case of Midnapore, India to explore the overall health infrastructure and the perceptions of residents of urban slums regarding the provision, utilization, and accessibility of the healthcare system through the application of geostatistics and geospatial techniques and modelling, with an eye towards reducing inequalities.\n\nThe study described here can be used as a model for researchers, planners, NGOs, policymaker.