Contextualising Urban Healthcare in India using GIS

Contextualising Urban Healthcare in India using GIS : " This chapter is destined to provide an overview of GIS technology capabilities and limitations in the field of social sciences, and especially in health studies in order to build up a pertinent methodology in setting up our GIS. After briefly defining and describing the components of a GIS, we will focus on actual GIS implementations in these fields. The next part will present the main limitations appearing when resorting to such tools. We will then focus on actual use of GIS in India in the field of Health Studies. "