Geomatics Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Research Projects of the Geomatics Lab

Linking urban land use characteristics and mental illness - a spatio-temporal analysis

Urban living environments can directly or indirectly influence mental health by psychological distress. The aim of this project is analyse the spatial patterns of observed mental illness and the characteristics of the respective living environments. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental data the one side and observed mental illness data on the other side are explored using geostatistical techniques. Including a time series of recorded mental illnesses allows augmenting the spatial pattern analysis by a temporal dimension.

The research project is a cooperation between the Geography Department (Geomatics Lab), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy of the LVR-hospital Essen.

Landuse and mental illness in Essen

Principal Investigators:
Tobia Lakes (Geomatics Lab, Geography Department,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Wolfgang Senf (Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie,
Universität Duisburg-Essen)

Project Investigator:
Philippe Rufin (Geomatics Lab, Geography Department,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Cornelius Senf (Geomatics Lab, Geography Department,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Sefik Tagay (Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie,
Universität Duisburg-Essen)


			Projects
	overview Research Projects of the Geomatics Lab: Data integration and data mining DHAKA-INNOVATE DeSurvey EnMAP-Box EnMAP Core Science Team Environmental justice Graduate School on Urban Ecology Land changes in Albania and Kosovo Linking urban land use characteristics and mental illness Metrik Modeling cropland dynamics in Romania Modeling with domain-specific languages Risk model of Dengue Disease in Malaysia Social and health characteristics in urban areas Urban Environmental Monitoring Urban Environmental Monitoring II Urban growth in Greater Tirana Research Collaborations: ESF Exploratory Workshop: EuCaRe EARSeL workshop Post-USSR land cover Rapid urbanization Other Projects of the Geomatics Lab: Geodateninfrastruktur imageSVM		Research Projects of the Geomatics Lab Linking urban land use characteristics and mental illness - a spatio-temporal analysis Urban living environments can directly or indirectly influence mental health by psychological distress. The aim of this project is analyse the spatial patterns of observed mental illness and the characteristics of the respective living environments. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental data the one side and observed mental illness data on the other side are explored using geostatistical techniques. Including a time series of recorded mental illnesses allows augmenting the spatial pattern analysis by a temporal dimension. The research project is a cooperation between the Geography Department (Geomatics Lab), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy of the LVR-hospital Essen. Principal Investigators: Tobia Lakes (Geomatics Lab, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Wolfgang Senf (Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Duisburg-Essen) Project Investigator: Philippe Rufin (Geomatics Lab, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Cornelius Senf (Geomatics Lab, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Sefik Tagay (Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Duisburg-Essen)