RT Journal Article
T1 Mapping the Risk of COVID-19 Contagion at Urban Scale
A1 Sortino-Barrionuevo, Juan Francisco
A1 Castro Noblejas, Hugo
A1 Perles-Roselló, María Jesús
K1 COVID-19
AB From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, several methods have been developed to assess the risk of COVID-19 transmission using spatial units of analysis based on administrative limits (e.g., neighborhoods, census sections, and districts). The main objective of this study is to create a method to assess the risk of contagion within an interurban scale, considering buildings as the smallest unit of analysis. The general risk equation has been the basis to develop the method, individually assessing its components (i.e., hazard, vulnerability, and exposure). Several mapping tools that address the management of the risk of contagion have been proposed, and the main result was the detection of a pattern of contagion and the identification of areas where the risk of contagion was greater. Additionally, the comparison of the risk of a contagion pattern and the population size at an intraurban scale allowed for inferring the specific vulnerability of the population to contagion. The results also showed that there was a direct relation between the risk of contagion and population density, as well as the presence of areas especially vulnerable to contagion
PB IOAP-MPDI
YR 2022
FD 2022-09-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24998
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24998
LA eng
NO Sortino Barrionuevo JF, Castro Noblejas H, Perles Roselló MJ. Mapping the Risk of COVID-19 Contagion at Urban Scale. Land. 2022; 11(9):1480. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091480
NO This research is part of the R&D project COV20/00587 (Development of COVID-19 transmission hazard maps in urban areas aimed at the application of anti-propagation measures at a detailed scale), funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) (FUNDING—COVID-19 for research projects about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 within the framework of the RD-Ley 8/2020). Main researcher: María Jesús Perles Roselló. Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 26 ene 2026