GIS Mapping for Community Health and Development

<p>This book explores how maps generated through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to integrate principles of health equity and environmental justice into community planning and decision-making. </p><p>To do this the book puts forward the 3Ps of GIS mapping: People Place and Policy. This book demonstrates how different maps reveal different spatial disparities for each topic providing alternative lens for addressing socio‑cultural political or geographical issues. Using a step-by-step approach and covering the core concepts by which GIS maps can be interpreted it builds to provide a comprehensive understanding of what a GIS-generated map may tell us though crucially also what it may not. Featuring illustrated examples throughout this book is essentially a tool kit to support a nuanced and holistic perspective on community planning.</p><p>It will appeal to policymakers planners and public health consultants as well as students moving toward this field.</p>