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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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| author | Williams, Matías |
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| description | 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, I propose a cluster analysis using two groups, residential activities and work and play activities, to further understand the local consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Graph Theory, I create metrics to compare the impact across several cities worldwide. The results of this thesis indicate that the work and play activities were more affected than the residential activities. However, this impact was not evenly distributed spatially. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1399732022-02-08T03:29:26Z Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities Williams, Matías Zheng, Siqi Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning 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, I propose a cluster analysis using two groups, residential activities and work and play activities, to further understand the local consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Graph Theory, I create metrics to compare the impact across several cities worldwide. The results of this thesis indicate that the work and play activities were more affected than the residential activities. However, this impact was not evenly distributed spatially. M.C.P. 2022-02-07T15:16:31Z 2022-02-07T15:16:31Z 2021-09 2021-12-06T19:35:22.953Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139973 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Williams, Matías Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities |
| title | Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities |
| title_full | Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities |
| title_fullStr | Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities |
| title_short | Measuring the COVID-19 Shock from Outer Space: Local Economic Vibrancy in 15 Global Cities |
| title_sort | measuring the covid 19 shock from outer space local economic vibrancy in 15 global cities |
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