Analyzing High-Risk Emergency Areas with GIS and Neural Networks: The Case of Athens, Greece

Professional Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-137

  Grekousis, George ^a   Photis, Yorgos N ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

emergency planning and response; health GIS; kernel density estimator; neural networks

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DECISION MAKING; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; MAPPING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84891555465     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.765300     Document Type: Article

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