SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LAND USE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE: WNV IN THE UNITED STATES AND ZIKA IN COLOMBIA
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2017
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WEINSTEIN, JOSHUA SCOTT
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This dissertation seeks to address three research questions through the context of spatial associations between land use / land cover (LULC) and vector-borne infectious disease (VBID). These research questions are: (1) Do spatial associations exist between the linear (edge) density of LULC boundaries and VBID occurrence? (2) Do patterns of spatial associations repeat over time? (3) Do patterns of spatial associations repeat across space?
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Geography, Epidemiology, Land use planning, Fragmentation, Infectious Disease, Landscape Metrics, Land Use, WNV, Zika