Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks
This research develops from a set of basic geographical questions about the outbreak of Covid-19 out of China in Europe. The questions dealt with why and why with such strength Italy has been seriously hit, one of the most important cases in terms of death toll out of Hubei Province and mainland Chi...
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| author | Beniamino Murgante Ginevra Balletto Giuseppe Borruso Giuseppe Las Casas Paolo Castiglia Marco Dettori |
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| description | This research develops from a set of basic geographical questions about the outbreak of Covid-19 out of China in Europe. The questions dealt with why and why with such strength Italy has been seriously hit, one of the most important cases in terms of death toll out of Hubei Province and mainland China, in the world, making the country a worldwide study case for epidemic concentration and diffusion. Questions were also related to geographical similarities among the areas hit, and particularly the Po Valley region and Wuhan metropolitan region in Hubei province, and also related to why such a divide of the virus spreading was identified in Italy between Northern and Central and Southern regions and provinces. In order to try to give an answer these questions, authors realized a vast and articulated database of indicators at provincial level in Italy, performing several geographical analyses - ecological approach - based on Spatial autocorrelation and Geographical Weighted Regression, coming to the conclusion that aspects such as land take, pollution can seriously influence the phenomenon and justify a pattern as that observable in Italy. The analyses and observation of the phenomenon also suggests that policies based on urban regeneration, sustainable mobility, green infrastructures, ecosystem services can create a more sustainable scenario able to support the quality of public health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34bdce41eafd45df89d9506e582cc8442024-04-02T05:13:39ZengUniversità di Napoli Federico IITeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment1970-98891970-98702020-06-0128330410.6092/1970-9870/68496849Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risksBeniamino Murgante0Ginevra Balletto1Giuseppe Borruso2Giuseppe Las Casas3Paolo Castiglia4Marco Dettori5University of BasilicataDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of CagliariDepartment of Economics, Business, Mathematics and Statistics “Bruno de Finetti”, University of TriesteSchool of Engineering University of Basilicata, PotenzaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, SassariDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of SassariThis research develops from a set of basic geographical questions about the outbreak of Covid-19 out of China in Europe. The questions dealt with why and why with such strength Italy has been seriously hit, one of the most important cases in terms of death toll out of Hubei Province and mainland China, in the world, making the country a worldwide study case for epidemic concentration and diffusion. Questions were also related to geographical similarities among the areas hit, and particularly the Po Valley region and Wuhan metropolitan region in Hubei province, and also related to why such a divide of the virus spreading was identified in Italy between Northern and Central and Southern regions and provinces. In order to try to give an answer these questions, authors realized a vast and articulated database of indicators at provincial level in Italy, performing several geographical analyses - ecological approach - based on Spatial autocorrelation and Geographical Weighted Regression, coming to the conclusion that aspects such as land take, pollution can seriously influence the phenomenon and justify a pattern as that observable in Italy. The analyses and observation of the phenomenon also suggests that policies based on urban regeneration, sustainable mobility, green infrastructures, ecosystem services can create a more sustainable scenario able to support the quality of public health.http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/6849covid-19italypo-valleypollutionparticulate matterland takespatial diffusion processes |
| spellingShingle | Beniamino Murgante Ginevra Balletto Giuseppe Borruso Giuseppe Las Casas Paolo Castiglia Marco Dettori Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment covid-19 italy po-valley pollution particulate matter land take spatial diffusion processes |
| title | Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks |
| title_full | Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks |
| title_fullStr | Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks |
| title_short | Geographical analyses of Covid-19's spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks |
| title_sort | geographical analyses of covid 19 s spreading contagion in the challenge of global health risks |
| topic | covid-19 italy po-valley pollution particulate matter land take spatial diffusion processes |
| url | http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/6849 |
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