Connecting the Dots Between Health, Poverty and Place in Accra, Ghana

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 932-941

  Weeks, John R ^a   Getis, Arthur ^a   Stow, Douglas A ^a   Hill, Allan G ^b   Rain, David ^c   Engstrom, Ryan ^c   Stoler, Justin ^a   Lippitt, Christopher ^a   Jankowska, Marta ^a   Lopez Carr, Anna Carla ^a   Coulter, Lloyd ^a   Ofiesh, Caetlin ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; health; neighborhood; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84864552161     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.671132     Document Type: Article

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