Spatial Planning of Health Services in Tulkarem City and its Suburbs using
the Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Prepared By
Salim Ahmed Salim Staiti
Supervision
Dr. Ali Abdelhamid
Dr. Ahmed Rafat Ghodieh
Abstract
Most Palestinian cities face a number of problems and challenges in terms
of the poor distribution of public services in general and the health scrvices
in particular, and also their concentration in center of cities and nor-
observance of planning standards in the distribution of services to copc
with population growth and urban cxpansion and the needs of the
population of these services.
This study was to address the issue of spatial planning of health scrvices in
the city of Tulkarem and its suburbs using the techniques of geographic
information systems (GIS). The main objective of this study is to analyze
the current spatial distribution of health scrvices and their suitability for
spatial planning standards that meets the nccds of the community in the city
of Tulkarem and its suburbs, as well as providing a proposal for a better
spatial distribution and efficient health services in the study area that could
help stakeholders and decision makers to takc appropriate steps to develop
this vital scrvice.
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The methodology of study followed the descriptive and analytical approach
based on the results of the consus carried out by the Palestinian Central
Bureau of Statistics in 2007, and the results of a comprehensive field
survey carried out by the author for public health scrviccs, hospitals and
health centers, including the health center of the UNRWA in the refugcc
camp of Tulkarem and pharmacics in the study arca, in addition to the
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