HealthScape: Intersections of Health, Environment, and GIS&T (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Health challenges are deeply associated with physical, socioeconomic, and virtual environmental factors. GIScience has been reshaping our perceptions of population, public and global health, and their intricate connections with the environment for over fifty years. GI technologies, paired with improving artificial intelligence (AI), provide an enlightening compilation of groundbreaking research at this nexus, with their robustness in data-driven and machine learning (ML) approaches. 

Building on the success of our first edition of the Special Issue (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/G9YU275HD5), “HealthScape: Intersections of Health, Environment, and GIS&T (2nd Edition)” continues to explore cutting-edge advancements in this field. This Special Issue is rooted in geospatial thinking and aims to encapsulate the dynamic convergence of GIS&T with geographical, epidemiological, environmental, and health research, shedding light on the multifaceted ways our environment influences health outcomes.

Within this Special Issue, we invite original contributions in the following areas:

• Geographical analysis and modeling for health and the environment (physical, socioeconomic, and virtual);
• Frontiers of GIS&T and AI technologies for health data and research;
• Socioeconomic, physical, and virtual environmental health and exposure analysis;
• Physical and virtual healthcare accessibility and inequities;
• Health vulnerabilities amidst climate and environmental changes;
• GIS&T and AI-technology-driven health policy and decision support.

Prof. Dr. Lan Mu
Dr. Jue Yang
Guest Editors

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