The short paper provides an overview on how geographic issues have become increasingly
relevant to public health research and policy, particularly through the lens of geographic …

This article reviews the interdisciplinary research field of spatial optimization for land
acquisition problems. We start with a theoretical framework to identify three categories of …

Facility location-allocation problems arise in many practical settings from emergency
services to telecommunication networks. We propose a multi-objective multi-layer facility …

The safety of pilgrims is one the most important issues faced by authorities to make sure that
Hajj rituals are carried out in the best condition. Management of pilgrims' crowd movement …

In order to strengthen urban rescue capabilities, a new method is proposed to optimize the
spatial distribution of fire stations in urban areas. Potential fire risk places are simplified into …

Mobility planning in rural areas with a high number of tourists is important for creating
sustainable destinations. By identifying mobility gaps in the transportation system, measures …

Evacuation is an important activity for reducing the number of casualties and amount of
damage in disaster management. Evacuation planning is tackled as a spatial optimization …

Long distances and sparse service networks set challenging conditions for material logistics
in health care. Globally, health care organisations have been making structural changes …

Spatial data conflation involves the matching and merging of counterpart features in multiple
datasets. It has applications in practical spatial analysis in a variety of fields. Conceptually …

Purpose This study aims to provide a novel method for sport places site selection, although
instead of using decision-making methods, the focus is on analytic functions in geographic …