Print Email Facebook Twitter Preventing Airborne Infectious Spreading Title Preventing Airborne Infectious Spreading: The role of airport level operations during epidemics Author Leussink, Sander (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management) Contributor van de Walle, B.A. (mentor) Comes, M. (mentor) Warnier, Martijn (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Engineering and Policy Analysis Date 2019-09-13 Abstract Infectious diseases are responsible for about one quarter of all deaths worldwide and it is likely that major epidemics will emerge in the near future. Through the airline system, diseases can spread around the world rapidly and are more and more likely to do so. At the same time, air connectivity is essential for countries with inadequate land-based infrastructure, in particular during an epidemic when incoming humanitarian assistance is essential. This illustrates the trade-off of passenger airline operations during an epidemic: the likelihood of further spreading of the disease versus the role in combatting that same disease. Policies that prevent infectious diseases from spreading are in place, but knowledge of their effectiveness and impact on the passenger logistics is limited. Subject Infectious diseasesAirportsEbola To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8c037e36-7ef8-42d4-af90-5b8943e644cd Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2019 Sander Leussink Files PDF Thesis_Sander_Leussink.pdf 2.1 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8c037e36-7ef8-42d4-af90-5b8943e644cd/datastream/OBJ/view