Different ontologies: land change science and health research.
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Messina, JP; Pan, WK
Published in: Current opinion in environmental sustainability
October 2013
Land use and land cover (LULC) is now recognized as an important driver of disease. For emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases, LULC offers context and serves as a likely proximate driver of risk particularly when considering vector-borne or zoonotic diseases. Ontological differences embedded within disciplinary structures impede progress limiting the ultimate potential of both LULC data and land change theory within disease research. Geography, space, and time serve as effective complements to traditional health and place organizational and disease-research strategies. Improved systemic clarity is obtained if one orients the disease relationship to particular contexts and if the scales of the relationships are clearly defined.
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Current opinion in environmental sustainability
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1877-3443
ISSN
1877-3435
Publication Date
October 2013
Volume
5
Issue
5
Start / End Page
515 / 521
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Messina, J. P., & Pan, W. K. (2013). Different ontologies: land change science and health research. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 5(5), 515–521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.006
Messina, Joseph P., and William K. Pan. “Different ontologies: land change science and health research.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5, no. 5 (October 2013): 515–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.006.
Messina JP, Pan WK. Different ontologies: land change science and health research. Current opinion in environmental sustainability. 2013 Oct;5(5):515–21.
Messina, Joseph P., and William K. Pan. “Different ontologies: land change science and health research.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 5, no. 5, Oct. 2013, pp. 515–21. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.006.
Messina JP, Pan WK. Different ontologies: land change science and health research. Current opinion in environmental sustainability. 2013 Oct;5(5):515–521.
Published In
Current opinion in environmental sustainability
DOI
EISSN
1877-3443
ISSN
1877-3435
Publication Date
October 2013
Volume
5
Issue
5
Start / End Page
515 / 521