While global warming is becoming a reality, scientists all around the world are trying to better understand its impacts on society and on population health. This understanding requires the analysis of a variety of factors of different nature (psychological, biological, social, cultural, economic and environmental).
In order to facilitate such an analysis, Map4Decision has been used to analyze spatio-temporal indicators designed to monitor local impacts of climate change on public health. More than fifteen data sources have been integrated in order to provide cross analyses of different themes (chronic diseases, heat waves, demographic statistics, etc.).
The application is used to answer questions such as:
- What is the distribution of the population over 60 years of age, with respiratory diseases, and living in urban heat spots, for each city?
- What is the number of students in schools without air-conditioning, by administrative region?
- What is the projected spatio-temporal evolution of heat waves over the next 50 years?
- Presentation: "Spatial OLAP : Towards more efficient surveillance of climate-related health vulnerabilities of populations", GeoTec Event 2009.
- Scientific paper: "Easier surveillance of climate-related health vulnerabilities through a Web-based spatial OLAP application", International Journal of Health Geographics, April 2009.
See how Map4Decision is used in different application domains:
- Freight transportation
- Passenger transportation
- Infrastructure management
- Risk management
- Health and climate change
- Other applications
Contact us for an online demonstration of Map4Decision and discover all its power!
Consult our case study of a spatial BI application for marine transportation developed for Quebec Ministry of Transportation.
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