RT Journal Article
T1 Evidence of the relationship between social vulnerability and the spread of COVID-19 in urban spaces.
A1 Galacho-Jiménez, Federico Benjamín
A1 Carruana-Herrera, David
A1 Molina-Luque, Julián
A1 Ruiz-Sinoga, José Damián
K1 Efectos de la COVID 19
K1 Geografía política
K1 Geopolítica
K1 Desigualdad social
K1 Geografía urbana
K1 Geografía - Investigación
K1 Urbanismo
K1 Análisis espacial (Estadísticas)
AB Modeling the social-spatial structure of urban spaces can facilitate the development of guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic while also acting as an instrument that helps decision-making concerning mitigation policies. The modeling process starts with catego-rization of urban spaces based on the concept of social vulnerability. A model is created based on this concept and the theory of analysis of social areas. Statistical techniques of factor analysis and geostatistics are applied. This generates a map of social differentiation that, when related to data on the evolution of the contagion, generates a multidimensional model of social vulnerability. The application of this model towards people (social structure) and the environment where they live (spatial structure) is specified. Our model assumes the uniqueness of cities, and it is intended to be a broadly applicable model that can be extrapolated to other urban areas if pertinent revisions are made. Our work demonstrates that aspects of the social and urban structures may be validly used to analyze and explain the spatial spread of COVID-19.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-04-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/23991
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/23991
LA eng
NO Galacho-Jiménez, F. B., Carruana Herrera, D., Molina, J., & Ruiz Sinoga, J.D. Evidence of the  relationship between social  vulnerability and the spread of  COVID-19 in urban spaces.  En International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (9),
NO FEDER-COVID19 (CV20-27760), Regional Government, Spain. This study is part of the project “Vulnerability and post-COVID resilience in the metropolitan area of Málaga (Spain)”. Partial funding for open access charge: University of Málaga and Consortium of University Libraries of Andalusia (CBUA acronym in Spain).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026