Ricerc@Sapienza

This paper—which is contextualized in the discussion on the methodological pluralism
and the main topics of medical geography, the complexity theory in geographies of health, the remaking of medical geography and ad hoc systems of data elaboration—focuses on radio base stations (RBSs) as sources of electromagnetic fields, to provide GIS applications and simplifying-prudential models that are able to identify areas that could potentially be exposed to hazard. After
highlighting some specific aspects regarding RBSs and their characteristics and summarizing the

This paper was born as a joint discussion about the possible use of GIS for tackling health emergencies in
cases of infectious diseases and pandemic. After providing some considerations regarding the COVID-19
sanitary and epidemiological aspects and implications, we underline and discuss some GIS applications
produced to support the emergency phases and representing and sharing data in some continuously updated
dashboards and becoming reference elaborations. In particular, the need for the development of rigorous