Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies in Public Health

Dear Colleagues,

The utilization of remote sensing and geospatial technologies has been instrumental to advance our understanding of environmental factors affecting human health and well-being. Extreme weather and related phenomena appear to be rising in frequency and intensity which pose growing health risks to human populations. Earth observing technologies and data are important elements of a comprehensive and multi-scaled public health response both at micro and macro levels identifying immediate and long-term impacts. Remote sensing and geospatial technologies have been successfully implemented over the last 50 years examining the role of environmental factors in air-borne, vector-borne, soil-borne and water-borne diseases. With the availability of new data and advanced technologies, more robust public health measures are being implemented to improve our health and well-being. In this special issue advanced works on public health applications of remote sensing and geospatial technologies will be focused. Submissions will be fully peer-reviewed for acceptance.

This special issue calls for original papers on application of remote sensing and geospatial technologies in the areas of:

• Air Pollution Modeling for Health Impact Studies
• Air-borne, Soil-borne and Water-borne Diseases
• Big-Data Analysis in Public Health Research
• Environmental Public Health Surveillance
• Infectious and Vector-borne Diseases
• Climate Variability and Health
• Tele-Epidemiology
• Healthcare

Prof. Dr. Fazlay S. Faruque
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.