Compact development and adherence to stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal investigation in the United States.

ABSTRACT: In the absence of a vaccine and medical treatments, social distancing remains the only option available to governments in order to slow the spread of global pandemics such as COVID-19 and save millions of lives. Despite the scientific evidence on the effectiveness of social distancing measures, they are not being practiced uniformly across the U.S. Accordingly, the role of compact development on the level of adherence to social distancing measures has not been empirically studied. This longitudinal study employs a natural experimental research design to investigative the impacts of compact development on reduction in travel to three types of destinations representing a range of essential and non-essential trips in 771 metropolitan counties in the U.S during the shelter-in-place order amid

SUBMITTER: Hamidi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature