Health geo-governance to assess the vulnerability of Batna, Algeria to COVID-19: the role of GIS in the fight against a pandemic
Autor: | Sami Geullouh, Mahdi Kalla, Mohammed Issam Kalla, Belkacem Lahmar |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Decision support system
geography.geographical_feature_category Corporate governance 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Vulnerability 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography COVID-19 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology GIS Urban area Article Spatial model Geography Work (electrical) Human geography Pandemic Geo-governance Predictability 050703 geography Environmental planning |
Zdroj: | Geojournal |
ISSN: | 1572-9893 0343-2521 |
Popis: | The health systems in many countries are still unable to control the evolution and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic despite the large mobilisation of national resources. International attention has focussed on finding a cure, and preventive measures and national and international strategies to be adopted and implemented with regard to other future pandemics have been neglected despite their predictability and high probability of occurrence. This work aims to anticipate a reading on experience feedback in light of the current pandemic situation, and to identify the main spatial elements of vulnerability in Batna, Algeria, which seems to control the ability of an urban area to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We used a digital model based on a multi-criteria approach implemented in a geo-decisional GIS database to serve as a decision support tool for dealing with an epidemiological situation as a preventive or curative action. The results from the model seem to adequately reflect the reality of confirmed incidents in Batna. In addition, the results of the analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution of the virus clearly confirm that the urban sectors characterised by high vulnerability are those that have recorded an increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 incidents since the start of the epidemic until December 2020. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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