Introducing Health Geography

This introductory section summarizes the key characteristics of health and medical geography. It also illustrates how these characteristics have shaped what’s currently known concerning the practice health geography in Africa. The chapter ends by briefly describing the different chapters of the book...

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Main Author: Makanga, Prestige Tatenda
Format: Book chapter
Language:English
Published: Springer, Cham 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_1
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5145
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spelling ir-11408-51452022-08-17T07:48:06Z Introducing Health Geography Makanga, Prestige Tatenda Health geography Medical geography Health and space Health and place Geo-enabled health decisions This introductory section summarizes the key characteristics of health and medical geography. It also illustrates how these characteristics have shaped what’s currently known concerning the practice health geography in Africa. The chapter ends by briefly describing the different chapters of the book and how these illustrate the diverse character of the practice of health geography in Africa. 2022-08-17T07:48:06Z 2022-08-17T07:48:06Z 2021-05-06 Book chapter Makanga, P.T. (2021). Introducing Health Geography. In: Makanga, P.T. (eds) Practicing Health Geography. Global Perspectives on Health Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_1 978-3-030-63470-4 978-3-030-63471-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_1 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5145 en Practicing Health Geography;Pages 1–6 open Springer, Cham
spellingShingle Health geography
Medical geography
Health and space
Health and place
Geo-enabled health decisions
Makanga, Prestige Tatenda
Introducing Health Geography
title Introducing Health Geography
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title_fullStr Introducing Health Geography
title_full_unstemmed Introducing Health Geography
title_short Introducing Health Geography
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topic Health geography
Medical geography
Health and space
Health and place
Geo-enabled health decisions
url https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_1
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5145
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