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Covid-19 is linked to changes in the time-space dimension of human mobility

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ID4616670
AuthorsClodomir Santana (0000-0001-7869-7184, University of Exeter), Federico Botta (0000-0002-5681-4535, University of Exeter), Helena Barbosa (0000-0002-3927-969X, University of Exeter), Filippo Privitera (0000-0003-4381-5501), Ronaldo Menezes (0000-0002-6479-6429, University of Exeter), Rick Di Clemente (0000-0001-8005-6351, Turing Institute, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume7
Issue10
Pages1729-1739
Publication date2023-07-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature Human Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2397-3374 • E-ISSN: 2397-3374
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1038/s41562-023-01660-3
PMID37500782
OpenAlexW4385302684
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited94

Socio-economic constructs and urban topology are crucial drivers of human mobility patterns. During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, these patterns were reshaped in their components: the spatial dimension represented by the daily travelled distance, and the temporal dimension expressed as the synchronization time of commuting routines. Here, leveraging location-based data from de-identified mobile phone users, we observed that, during lockdowns restrictions, the decrease of spatial mobility is interwoven with the emergence of asynchronous mobility dynamics. The lifting of restriction in urban mobility allowed a faster recovery of the spatial dimension compared with the temporal one. Moreover, the recovery in mobility was different depending on urbanization levels and economic stratification. In rural and low-income areas, the spatial mobility dimension suffered a more considerable disruption when compared with urbanized and high-income areas. In contrast, the temporal dimension was more affected in urbanized and high-income areas than in rural and low-income areas

Asynchronous communication · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Mobile phone · Pandemic · Telecommunications · Urbanization · Computer Science · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Mathematics · Medicine

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Citations per year9
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
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