The role of Medical Geography during War Step 1 Read the Introduction to Medical Geography R Earickson in International Encyclopedia of Human Geography 2009 Medical geography uses the concepts and paradigms of the discipline of geography to investigate human environmental relationships of disease nutrition and medical care systems of which maps and geographic information science GIScience are arguably most prominent today Therefore site situation place location region and all spatial concepts may be compared to the distribution and dispersion of most diseases nutrition as a factor in sickness and health and the supply and demand for healthcare resources One of the predominant concepts of geography as a science is that it examines relationships between peoples and their environments in holistic terms In the particular subfield of medical geography the focus is upon those interactions that bear mainly but not exclusively upon human health within a variety of cultural systems and a diverse biosphere In the geographic tradition medical geography is highly interdisciplinary and integrative Its practitioners emanate from or integrate with a range of disciplines including anthropology cartography economics epidemiology history human ecology medicine political science psychology public health and sociology Medical geographers are also foremost problem solvers who deal with both environmentally based problems and those of anthropogenic origin Their workplaces include academia private and public organizations Step 2 Watch the video GIS Applications GIS Applications in Modern World GIS in Recent Pandemic 2020 Step 3 Watch the video Yemen Fuel Shortage Health Concerns rise as rubbish piles up Yemen fuel shortage health concerns rise as rubbish piles up Step 4 You are a Medical Geographer researching how the war in Yemen has led to an environmental and health crisis It is your job to create a GIS based solution for the people of Yemen to cope with their environmentally based health crisis during time of War Using your foundational knowledge of Geography and GIS provide a list of dataset layers you would need to create a GIS based solution Be sure to include a description for each data layer For example which metric of Population would you need and why Population Density to determine how many people reside within 1 mile of the rubble pile Population Demographics Age Race Ethnicity Gender to establish your vulnerable population and where they reside Be sure to include 8 layers of data for your GIS Research Assignment Hint if you get stuck do some sleuthing online Geographers are researchers and problem solvers Feel free to get creative
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