Covid-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience: Global Applications and Lessons

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Geospatial information plays an important role in managing location dependent pandemic situations across different communities and domains. Geospatial information and technologies are particularly critical to strengthening urban and rural resilience, where economic, agricultural, and various social sectors all intersect. Examining the United Nations’ SDGs from a geospatial lens will ensure that the challenges are addressed for all populations in different locations. This book, with worldwide contributions focused on COVID-19 pandemic, provides interdisciplinary analysis and multi-sectoral expertise on the use of geospatial information and location intelligence to support community resilience and authorities to manage pandemics.

Professor Abbas Rajabifard is an internationally recognised scholar and geospatial engineer. He is an active leader in land administration modernisation and geospatial enablement and disaster resilience, and his passion is in the field of research and innovation to serve global community. He is Director of Smart and Sustainable Development and Academic Lead Infrastructure platform in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at The University of Melbourne. He is a member of International Advisory Board and former Chair UN-GGIM Academic Network. He is also Director of the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures & Land Administration (CSDILA). From 2013 to 2020 he was the Director of Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety at the University of Melbourne. Prof. Rajabifard has active research in the areas of digital twin, sustainability and resilience, location intelligence, SDI, land administration modernisation, urban analytics, spatial enabled government and societies, disaster management, 3D visualisation and urban analytics, and SDGs.