Visualising intercity mobility patterns during China’s Spring Festival travel rush under the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID7366746
AuthorsHengyu Gu (0000-0002-1174-4940, corresponding author), Yuting Zhang (0000-0002-6460-6779)
Year2024
Volume11
Issue1
Pages471-473
Publication date2024-07-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2024.2375012
OpenAlexW4400986002
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

This paper introduces a new tool, the lunar phase visualisation, and conducts a multitemporal analysis of the spatial patterns and their changes in China’s intercity mobility during the Spring Festival travel rush between 2019 and 2023. By associating the volume of intercity movement in China across various years with lunar phases, it illustrates that during both the return home (first 20 days) and back-to-city (last 20 days) periods, intercity mobility demonstrates a trend of initial decline followed by an increase. This trend aligns with the onset and subsequent mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more pronounced changes observed at the city level versus the provincial level. It also underscores the resilience of mobility during traditional holidays amid a public health crisis

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Archaeology · China · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pandemic · Rush hour · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Spring (device · Transport engineering · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Medicine · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Virology

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