Association of wild bird densities around poultry farms with the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N8 outbreaks in the Netherlands, 2016. [PDF]
Abstract Highly pathogenic (HP) avian influenza viruses (AIV) can spread globally through migratory birds and cause massive outbreaks in commercial poultry. AIV outbreaks have been associated with proximity to waterbodies, presence of waterfowl or wild bird cases near poultry farms.
Velkers FC +5 more
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Injury surveillance in low-resource settings using Geospatial and Social Web technologies. [PDF]
This is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record.BACKGROUND: Extensive public health gains have benefited high-income countries in recent decades, however, citizens of low and middle-income countries ...
Cinnamon J, Schuurman N.
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MapSafe: A complete tool for achieving geospatial data sovereignty
Abstract Sensitive geographic data are invaluable assets for the people to whom they belong and their disclosure should be decided by the sovereign data owner (SDO). Due to several high‐profile data breaches and business models that commercialize user data, the need for new approaches to geoprivacy and data sovereignty has grown.
Pankajeshwara Sharma +2 more
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Towards nowcasting in Europe in 2030
An example for nowcast/very short‐range forecasting of rainfall using a combined observation and NWP‐based method by Météo‐France is provided, demonstrating the challenge of predicting convective‐scale system evolution in complex terrain (Cevennes region, South of France; panels (a–d) show nowcasts by this method for four timesteps within 3 h, (e–f ...
Stephan Bojinski +11 more
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Terrorism Financing, Recruitment, and Attacks
This paper investigates the effect of terrorism financing and recruitment on attacks. I exploit a Sharia‐compliant institution in Pakistan, which induces unintended and quasi‐experimental variation in the funding of terrorist groups through their religious affiliation. The results indicate that higher terrorism financing, in a given location and period,
Nicola Limodio
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Mapping ofland coverages through remote sensing, in Resistencia city, Argentina (2013) [PDF]
Los Sensores Remotos se han convertido en los últimos tiempos en una herramienta importante para la planificación territorial, debido a la originalidad metodológica con la cual operan y el amplio espectro de observación de la superficie terrestre.
Cardozo, Osvaldo Daniel +2 more
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La producció de l'espai en la modernitat líquida [PDF]
L'article vol mostrar que el marc teòric de la modernitat líquida, definit per Zygmunt Bauman, pot oferir perspectives i camps d'exploració nous en l'estudi dels fenòmens geogràfics.
Pueyo-Ros, Josep
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Changes in land use in Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina between 1990 and 2016: Impact of the urban expansion process [PDF]
El presente trabajo presenta un análisis de los cambios de usos de suelo ocurrido entre los años 1990 y 2016 en la ciudad de Paso de los Libres, Provincia de Corrientes, haciendo especial énfasis sobre aquellos resultantes de la expansión urbana de la ...
Gomez, Laura Fabiana
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Spatial analysis of socio-economic determinants of health in the Gran Resistencia [PDF]
Las condiciones en que viven las personas influyen de manera decisiva en su salud, por lo que es necesario actuar en todos los sectores para promover el bienestar.
Bertone, Carola Leticia +2 more
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Guest editorial: theorizing the geoweb [PDF]
The general convergence of location with digital information communication technologies (ICTs) has brought about profound shifts in the content, forms, and practices that surround spatial media. In geography, these phenomena have been variously and alternately referred to as ‘volunteered geographic information’ (VGI) (Elwood et al. 2011; Goodchild 2007)
Agnieszka Leszczynski, Matthew W. Wilson
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