scholarly journals Study of the impact of diesel generator sites on the local climate change of the city of Mosul using geographic information systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-147
Author(s):  
Sabah Ali ◽  
Daoud Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Diesel Generator ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Local Climate Change ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Community-Based Health Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
Anna Nicolaysen ◽  
Tom Stopka ◽  
Merrill Singer ◽  
Claudia Santelices
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Water Pump ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Disease Patterns ◽  
Health Council ◽  
The City

Maps have been used for thousands of years to present and analyze geographic information. One of the most famous and earliest cases of geography and maps being utilized for public health surveillance is the physician John Snow's mapping of cholera in London in the mid-1850s to understand the spread of the disease. By plotting the distribution of cholera deaths in the city on a map, he determined that an unusually high number of deaths were taking place near a specific water pump. Following this finding the pump's handle was removed and the number of cholera deaths dramatically decreased. Since then maps in various forms have helped locate and identify various disease patterns. Recent advances in information technology have resulted in the development of computerized mapping methodologies such as geographic information systems (GIS). A growing number of anthropologists, including researchers at the Hispanic Health Council, have recognized the potential value of GIS for the kinds of work we do and incorporate this methodology.

Regional Network Analysis of Primary-Industry Truck Traffic on Public Roads in New Zealand by Using Geographic Information Systems

2003 ◽  
Vol 1819 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Regional Network ◽  
Truck Traffic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Logging Truck

Industrial forestry activities in New Zealand are now in a phase of unprecedented growth: the annual cut will double from 18 million m3 to well over 30 million m3 a year during the next 5 years. Given that most of the wood is taken from forest to mill or port by road in New Zealand, including a portion of the trip on public highways, the impacts of the doubling in logging truck traffic will be significant and severe. New Zealand’s roads have, for the most part, thin-sealed, unbound pavements. New Zealand’s second-largest industrial sector is tourism. Pavements and tourists will feel the impact of the looming increase in logging truck traffic unless steps are taken to anticipate the changes in traffic volumes and patterns. There is the complicating factor that the dairy industry too is now expanding rapidly with associated increases in raw milk tanker traffic. There is some friction between the forest industry and the dairy industry over which will be responsible for the increased strengthening, rehabilitation, and maintenance of roads. Research is under way to use regional network analysis and geographic information systems to predict the increases in heavy-truck traffic and changes in its distribution on public roads. This is the first step toward devising measures to mitigate the impacts and is a precursor to the implementation of pavement management. A unique opportunity exists in southern New Zealand: cooperation between forest operators and government agencies in the Otago and Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand on large-scale projects, providing the environment needed to examine such large, landscape-scale problems.

scholarly journals The Impact of Local Climate Change on Radial Picea abies Growth: A Case Study in Natural Mountain Spruce Stand and Low-Lying Spruce Monoculture

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1118
Author(s):  
Vladimír Šagát ◽  
Ivan Ružek ◽  
Karel Šilhán ◽  
Pavel Beracko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Picea Abies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Spruce Forests ◽  
Spruce Stands ◽  
Local Climate Change ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Impact

Picea abies L. Karst is undeniably one of the most important tree species growing in Slovakia. In addition to natural mountain spruce forests, monocultures planted in lower areas are also quite common. In this article, we analyze the climate–growth response differences between these two types of spruce stands in the context of local climate change consequences. The study area representing natural mountain spruce forests is located under Osobitá Mt. (Tatra Mountains, Slovakia), while the analyzed low-lying planted monoculture is situated near Biely kríž (Malé Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia). Temporal variation of the dendroclimatological relationships was expressed by the running Spearman correlation coefficient during the observed period 1961–2018. The results showed crucial differences in the dendroclimatological relationships between the selected study areas. For the natural mountain spruce stand, consistent, weak, and positive correlations to the temperature variables were typical, with negative relationships to precipitation during the growing season. In this case, the negative impact of a recent temperature rise was limited. In contrast, the monoculture reacted to the temperature variation during the growing season with fluctuations, while in the case of precipitation, almost no dependence was found. Such incoherency may be a consequence of worsened health conditions, as well as insufficient resiliency to climate-driven stress. The importance of this paper is in its wide applicability, mainly in forestry.

Using Geographic Information Systems to Analyze the Distribution and Abundance of Aedes aegypti in Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jess Joseph Wetherilt Behrens ◽  
Chester G. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Dengue Outbreaks ◽  
Road Data ◽  
The Impact

Increasing attention is being paid to the impact of global climate change on yellow fever and dengue outbreaks. While useful, these studies neglect the role that travel may play in the distribution of Aedes aegypti, the primary vector of both viruses. Even less attention has been paid to the role travel patterns play in affecting the ecology of this vector. To help refocus the debate and illustrate how geographic information systems (GIS) can assist analysis, a global study of Ae. aegypti was digitized. Subsequently, several basic and advanced analyses of the surveys located in Africa were undertaken. Publicly available road data for the continent were included, along with recently published LandScan population data. A novel method for examining correlations within the data at various distances was developed. These correlations were then substantiated using Monte Carlo simulation techniques and found to be significant at p<0.001.

scholarly journals SI: Survivability under Overheating: The Impact of Regional and Global Climate Change on the Vulnerable and Low-Income Population

Climate ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Afroditi Synnefa ◽  
Shamila Haddad ◽  
Priyadarsini Rajagopalan ◽  
Mattheos Santamouris
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Low Income Population ◽  
Local Climate Change ◽  
The Impact

The present special issue discusses three significant challenges of the built environment, namely regional and global climate change, vulnerability, and survivability under the changing climate. Synergies between local climate change, energy consumption of buildings and energy poverty, and health risks highlight the necessity to develop mitigation strategies to counterbalance overheating impacts. The studies presented here assess the underlying issues related to urban overheating. Further, the impacts of temperature extremes on the low-income population and increased morbidity and mortality have been discussed. The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heatwaves due to human-caused climate change is shown to affect underserved populations. Thus, housing policies on resident exposure to intra-urban heat have been assessed. Finally, opportunities to mitigate urban overheating have been proposed and discussed.

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