Setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments, this new edition of the well-established text offers an accessible overview of the theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research in the field of health geography -Includes international examples, drawn from a broad range of countries, and extensive illustrations -Unique in its approach to health geography, as opposed to medical geography -New chapters focus on contemporary concerns including neighborhoods and health, ageing, and emerging infectious disease -Offers five new case studies and an fresh emphasis on qualitative research approaches -Written by two of the leading health geographers in the world, each with extensive experience in research and policy.

Introducing Geographies of Health -- Explaining Geographies of Health -- Quantitative Methods and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) -- Qualitative Approaches to Interpreting the Geography of Health -- Health Inequalities I: Global Patterns and Regional Contrasts -- Health Inequalities II: Neighborhoods and Health -- Systems of Health Care -- Inequalities in the Utilization of Health Services -- Ageing and Place -- People on the Move: Migration and Health -- On Airs, Waters, Places -- Health Impacts of Global Environmental Change -- Emerging, Re-emerging, and Neglected Infectious Diseases.