Matthew Smallman-Raynor

Andrew David Cliff

In the 20th century, poliomyelitis emerged to become a global crippler and killer. But, with the development of preventive vaccines in the 1950s, it looks set to be the first disease to be eliminated by direct human intervention. Divided into four parts, this book presents a world geography of poliomyelitis.

Emergence to Eradication

Poliomyelitis

G. R. Versey

J. K. Ord

P. Haggett

Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geography P Haggett

An exploration of the geography by which measles has repeatedly passed through a series of communities in Iceland during the 20th century. Demonstrates the general principles which underlie person-to-person spatial diffusion processes.

An Historical Geography of Epidemics in an Island Community

Spatial Diffusion

Andrew David Cliff

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