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Sources of Mapping used in Humanitarian Emergencies: The Case of Ebola Cover

Sources of Mapping used in Humanitarian Emergencies: The Case of Ebola

Open Access
|Dec 2022

Abstract

The need to rapidly respond to health emergencies has generated various institutional initiatives to identify their location, through mapping. This study employs a qualitative-exploratory method, based on the daily monitoring of eight Ebola epidemics between 2013 and 2021, to make an assessment of the usefulness of maps created specifically for Ebola. The results show that at least 14 organisations produce maps in the face of emergencies and epidemics such as Ebola. Consequently, it has been possible to design a search plan to aid in the monitoring of emergencies and to design an Ebola map with data obtained from these organisations and the initiatives they promote, which confirms the usefulness of these data sources and maps.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2022-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 73 - 87
Submitted on: Sep 24, 2021
Published on: Dec 29, 2022
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2022 José Antonio Barra Martínez, Francisco José Morales-Yago, María Luisa de Lázaro-Torres, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.