J. Keith Ord

Peter Haggett

Andrew D. Cliff

Emeritus Professor of Geography Peter Haggett

Professor of Management Science and Statistics J Keith Ord

Keith A. Bassett

Richard B. Davies

Static aspects of regional structure; Dynamic aspects of regional structure; Autocorrelation and forecasting.

A Quantative Approach

Elements of Spatial Structure

Andrew Cliff

Matthew Smallman-Raynor

Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Geography Department of Geography Andrew Cliff

Professor of Geography School of Geography Matthew Smallman-Raynor

Using data collected for 350 cities from around the world, the authors use a variety of analytical methods to provide a global picture of what was happening to infectious epidemic diseases at a critical period in urban evolution on the international stage. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough. To place the results in a wider time context, other data are used to look both backwards and forwards for nearly a century on either side of the twenty-five-year time window. The book presents a number of results that may be interpreted in the context of debates on the causes of long-term mortality decline from these infectious diseases. It will be of interest to students of demography, history of medicine, and economic history as well as to researchers already active in these fields.

Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888-1912

Deciphering Global Epidemics

Matthew R. Smallman-Raynor

Despite advances in modern medicine, the power of plagues to terrify, disrupt and bring huge swings in morbidity and mortality in their wake remains potent. A Geography of Infection explores the spatial mechanisms by which infectious diseases, such as measles and influenza, can develop into epidemics and pandemics.

Spatial Processes and Patterns in Epidemics and Pandemics

A Geography of Infection

Presents profiles of countries from around the world, with information on such topics as historical events, the environment, physical geography, habitats, animal and plant life, agriculture, the economy, culture, governments, and industries.

Encyclopedia of World Geography

The ways in which the great plagues of the past and present have spread around the world remains only partly understood. Peter Haggett's research over the last thirty years has focused on mapping and modelling the paths by which epidemics spread through human communities. In 1998 this led tohim being invited to give the inaugural lectures in a new series, the Clarendon Lectures in Geography and Environmental Studies. The resulting book, Geographical Structure of Epidemics, presents an accessible, concise, and well illustrated account of how environmental and geographical concepts canbe used to enhance our knowledge of the origins and progress of epidemics, and sometimes to slow to slow or halt their spread.

The Geographical Structure of Epidemics

Peter Haggett

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