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The Ways In Which The Great Plagues Of The Past And Present Have Spread Around The World Remain Only Partly Understood. Peter Haggett's Research Over The Last Thirty Years Has Focused On Mapping And Modelling The Paths By Which Epidemics Spread Through Human Communities. The Geographical Structure Of Epidemics, Presents An-accessible, And Illustrated Account Of How Environmental And Geographical Concepts Can Be Used To Enhance Our Knowledge Of The Origins And Progress Of Epidemics, And Sometimes To Slow Or Halt Their Spread.--jacket. 1. Epidemics As Diffusion Waves. Geography And Spatial Diffusion. The Work Of Torsten Hagerstrand. Hagerstrand's Monte Carlo Diffusion Model. Applications To Epidemiological Data. The Nature Of Epidemics. The Burden Of Communicable Disease. Measles As A Tracer Epidemic Disease. Epidemic Disease Modelling: An Historical Note. Simple Mass-action Models. Kendall And Spatial Waves. Epidemics As Spatial Diffusion Processes -- 2. Epidemics On Small Islands. Islands As Natural Epidemic Laboratories. Iceland As A Laboratory. Iceland's Record Of Epidemic Waves. Generalizations And Wave Sequences. Iceland As A Graph. Iceland: Predicting Epidemic Measles Waves. M

Author

Haggett, Peter

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199241453

Subjects

Medical, Mathematics, Science