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COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience

by Abbas Rajabifard, Daniel Paez, Greg Foliente

Geospatial dataSocial aspectsCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-Geographic information systemsCrisis managementInformation technologyDonnées géospatialesAspect social

Geospatial information plays an important role in managing location dependent pandemic situations across different communities and domains. Geospatial information and technologies are particularly critical to strengthening urban and rural resilience, where economic, agricultural, and various social sectors all intersect. Examining the United Nations' SDGs from a geospatial lens will ensure that the challenges are addressed for all populations in different locations. This book, with worldwide contributions focused on COVID-19 pandemic, provides interdisciplinary analysis and multi-sectoral expertise on the use of geospatial information and location intelligence to support community resilience and authorities to manage pandemics. "The Open Access version of this book, available at has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."

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