Clear-Cutting Disease Control: Capital-Led Deforestation, Public Health Austerity, and Vector-Borne Infection

by Robert G. Wallace, Constância Ayres, Lenny Hogerwerf, et al.

Book Overview

Uses mathematical models that make clear the role of land use patterns in the onset and spread of vector-borne disease

Provides a new class of 'regression equation like' statistical models that can be fitted to data

Applies control theory to vector-borne infection, making clear the central role that public policy plays in the onset and/or control of disease

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030102777
• ISBN13: 9783030102777
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"