Utilization of Spatial Analysis and GIS to Improve Public Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editor
2. Australian Uban Observatory (AUO), Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Interests: GIS; spatial analysis; health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geospatial technologies and spatial analysis are playing an increasingly vital role in public health research, policy, and decision-making. The ability to analyse, visualise, and interpret health-related data through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has opened up new avenues for understanding disease patterns, healthcare accessibility, environmental health risks, and health disparities. The integration of spatial analytics with emerging datasets—such as real-time mobility data, environmental monitoring, and social determinants of health—provides unprecedented opportunities to enhance public health planning and interventions.
This Special Issue invites the submission of original research that advances the utilisation of spatial analysis and GIS to address pressing public health challenges. We encourage submissions focusing on innovative methodologies, data integration techniques, and applied case studies that demonstrate how geospatial tools can improve public health outcomes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, spatial epidemiology, health disparities mapping, environmental health exposure assessment, accessibility to healthcare services, predictive modelling for disease outbreaks, spatial analysis in health, and the role of GIS in health equity and policy-making.
We welcome the submission of interdisciplinary contributions from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers exploring the intersection of geospatial science and public health.
Dr. Ori Gudes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- GIS
- spatial epidemiology
- health equity
- disease mapping
- healthcare accessibility
- environmental health
- public health informatics
- geospatial modelling
- health risk assessment
- urban health planning
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