Sensing global changes in local patterns of energy consumption in cities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19, and the wider social and economic impacts that a global pandemic entails, led to unprecedented reductions in energy consumption globally. Whilst estimates of changes in energy consumption have emerged at the national scale, detailed sub-regional estimates to allow for global comparisons are less developed. Using night-time light satellite imagery from December 2019-June 2020 across 50 of the world's largest urban conurbations, we provide high resolution estimates (450 m²) of spatio-temporal changes in urban energy consumption in response to COVID-19. Contextualising this imagery with modelling based on indicators of mobility, stringency of government response, and COVID-19 rates, we provide novel insights into the potential drivers of changes in urban energy consumptio

SUBMITTER: Rowe F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature