Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities

The objectives of this thesis project are: (1) how to use nightlight data to track changing patterns of economic activities within cities worldwide, and (2) examine intra-city spatial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether these patterns differ across them. Informed by existing literature...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Matías
Other Authors: Zheng, Siqi
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139973