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A Disease Control-Oriented Land Cover Land Use Map for Myanmar

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  • Dong Chen

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

  • Varada Shevade

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

  • Allison Baer

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

  • Jiaying He

    (Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Amanda Hoffman-Hall

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

  • Qing Ying

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA)

  • Yao Li

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

  • Tatiana V. Loboda

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

Abstract

Malaria is a serious infectious disease that leads to massive casualties globally. Myanmar is a key battleground for the global fight against malaria because it is where the emergence of drug-resistant malaria parasites has been documented. Controlling the spread of malaria in Myanmar thus carries global significance, because the failure to do so would lead to devastating consequences in vast areas where malaria is prevalent in tropical/subtropical regions around the world. Thanks to its wide and consistent spatial coverage, remote sensing has become increasingly used in the public health domain. Specifically, remote sensing-based land cover/land use (LCLU) maps present a powerful tool that provides critical information on population distribution and on the potential human-vector interactions interfaces on a large spatial scale. Here, we present a 30-meter LCLU map that was created specifically for the malaria control and eradication efforts in Myanmar. This bottom-up approach can be modified and customized to other vector-borne infectious diseases in Myanmar or other Southeastern Asian countries.

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  • Dong Chen & Varada Shevade & Allison Baer & Jiaying He & Amanda Hoffman-Hall & Qing Ying & Yao Li & Tatiana V. Loboda, 2021. "A Disease Control-Oriented Land Cover Land Use Map for Myanmar," Data, MDPI, vol. 6(6), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jdataj:v:6:y:2021:i:6:p:63-:d:574298
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    1. Joshua S. Weinstein & Timothy F. Leslie & Michael E. von Fricken, 2020. "Spatial Associations Between Land Use and Infectious Disease: Zika Virus in Colombia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(4), pages 1-11, February.
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