Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach
Introduction: Social distance is important for reducing the spread of the new COVID-19 pandemic, especially in public places. In addition, urban stores are one of the crowded places where observing social distance is considered necessary. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the social di...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2022-02-01
|
| Series: | Men's Health Journal |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/mhj/article/view/35554 |
| _version_ | 1818683354009042944 |
|---|---|
| author | Mehri Shahriari Davood Feiz Azim Zarei Ehsan Kashi |
| author_facet | Mehri Shahriari Davood Feiz Azim Zarei Ehsan Kashi |
| author_sort | Mehri Shahriari |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
Introduction: Social distance is important for reducing the spread of the new COVID-19 pandemic, especially in public places. In addition, urban stores are one of the crowded places where observing social distance is considered necessary. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the social distance between customers in urban stores during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic using a simulation method. Materials and methods: Research data were collected from the closed-circuit television footage of a store from a hypermarket in Iran, and then customers’ social distance was analyzed through their movement behaviors by two modes of 1 and 2-meter distance using software similar to the Pathfinder simulator. Further parts of the urban store required corrections considering the first scenario and the two-meter distance between people compared to the second scenario and the one-meter distance between them. Results: Based on simulation results, dense areas were identified in different sections of the hypermarket, namely, places where the shelves distance was 1 meter to 2 meters. More precisely, this research provided a method for evaluating different parts of the store in terms of population density regarding maintaining social distance. Conclusion: several suggestions were presented to stores for maintaining social distance based on research findings.
|
| first_indexed | 2024-12-17T10:33:24Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-356e68d8303048ea8e202d699b93eb6b |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2645-3614 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-17T10:33:24Z |
| publishDate | 2022-02-01 |
| publisher | Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Men's Health Journal |
| spelling | doaj.art-356e68d8303048ea8e202d699b93eb6b2022-12-21T21:52:27ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesMen's Health Journal2645-36142022-02-016110.22037/mhj.v6i1.35554Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation ApproachMehri ShahriariDavood Feiz0Azim ZareiEhsan Kashisemnan university Introduction: Social distance is important for reducing the spread of the new COVID-19 pandemic, especially in public places. In addition, urban stores are one of the crowded places where observing social distance is considered necessary. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the social distance between customers in urban stores during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic using a simulation method. Materials and methods: Research data were collected from the closed-circuit television footage of a store from a hypermarket in Iran, and then customers’ social distance was analyzed through their movement behaviors by two modes of 1 and 2-meter distance using software similar to the Pathfinder simulator. Further parts of the urban store required corrections considering the first scenario and the two-meter distance between people compared to the second scenario and the one-meter distance between them. Results: Based on simulation results, dense areas were identified in different sections of the hypermarket, namely, places where the shelves distance was 1 meter to 2 meters. More precisely, this research provided a method for evaluating different parts of the store in terms of population density regarding maintaining social distance. Conclusion: several suggestions were presented to stores for maintaining social distance based on research findings. https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/mhj/article/view/35554Social DistanceCovid-19World Health OrganizationDisease Control and Prevention |
| spellingShingle | Mehri Shahriari Davood Feiz Azim Zarei Ehsan Kashi Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach Men's Health Journal Social Distance Covid-19 World Health Organization Disease Control and Prevention |
| title | Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach |
| title_full | Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach |
| title_short | Assessment of Social Distance between Customers in Urban Hypermarket during COVID-19 Pandemic by Simulation Approach |
| title_sort | assessment of social distance between customers in urban hypermarket during covid 19 pandemic by simulation approach |
| topic | Social Distance Covid-19 World Health Organization Disease Control and Prevention |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/mhj/article/view/35554 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mehrishahriari assessmentofsocialdistancebetweencustomersinurbanhypermarketduringcovid19pandemicbysimulationapproach AT davoodfeiz assessmentofsocialdistancebetweencustomersinurbanhypermarketduringcovid19pandemicbysimulationapproach AT azimzarei assessmentofsocialdistancebetweencustomersinurbanhypermarketduringcovid19pandemicbysimulationapproach AT ehsankashi assessmentofsocialdistancebetweencustomersinurbanhypermarketduringcovid19pandemicbysimulationapproach |