Spatial risk for a superspreading environment: Insights from six urban facilities in six global cities across four continents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study sets out to provide scientific evidence on the spatial risk for the formation of a superspreading environment.

Methods

Focusing on six common types of urban facilities (bars, cinemas, gyms and fitness centers, places of worship, public libraries and shopping malls), it first tests whether visitors' mobility characteristics differ systematically for different types of facility and at different locations. The study collects detailed human mobility and other locational data in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, São Paulo, Seoul and Zurich. Then, considering facility agglomeration, visitors' profile and the density of the population, facilities are classified into four potential spatial risk (PSR) classes. Finally, a kernel density function is employed to derive

SUBMITTER: Loo BPY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113652 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature