Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Home Range in a Suburban City in the Osaka Metropolitan Area
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Home Range in a Suburban City in the Osaka Metropolitan Area
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DOI：
10.3390/su13168974
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发表时间：
2021-08-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Matsushita, Daisuke
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作者：
Kato, Haruka;Takizawa, Atsushi;Matsushita, Daisuke
本研究旨在阐明COVID-19大流行对家庭范围的影响。家庭活动范围是指个人进行日常活动，如工作和购物时所穿越的区域。日本中央政府于2020年4月宣布首次进入紧急状态。本研究分析了大阪市茨城市2019年4月至2020年4月的手机GPS定位历史面板数据。采用最小凸多边形法对数据进行分析。结果表明，2019年4月至2020年4月，房屋范围明显下降。具体而言，由于采取了COVID-19感染控制措施，2020年的家庭范围减少到2019年的约50%，防止人们远离家园，只允许他们外出进行最低限度的日常活动和必需品。结果表明，突发事件将人们的家庭范围缩小到社区尺度。因此，在新冠肺炎大流行时代之后，有必要考虑设计新的步行社区环境。
This study aims to clarify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on home range. The home range is the area that individuals traverse in conducting their daily activities, such as working and shopping. In Japan, the central government declared the first state of emergency in April 2020. This study analyzed the panel data for mobile phone GPS location history from April 2019 to April 2020 in Ibaraki City, Osaka Metropolitan area. The study applied the minimum convex polygon method to analyze the data. The results show that the home range decreased significantly between April 2019 and April 2020. Specifically, the home range in 2020 decreased to approximately 50% of that in 2019 because of COVID-19 infection control measures, preventing people from traveling far from their homes and only allowing them to step outside for the bare minimum of daily activities and necessities. The results suggest that the emergency reduced people's home ranges to the neighborhood scale. Therefore, it is necessary to consider designing new walkable neighborhood environments after the COVID-19 pandemic era.