TITLE:
Study on the Correlation between Community Construction Planning Factors and the Spatial Distribution of COVID-19 Outbreak: Case Study of Main Urban Area of Wuhan
AUTHORS:
Caijuan Liang, Jun Wang, Zhihao Ma, Shouni Tang, Bo Wang, Yue Wu
KEYWORDS:
Construction Planning Factors, COVID-19 Outbreak, Spatial Clustering, Community, Wuhan City
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.9 No.3,
September
7,
2021
ABSTRACT: In the
context of the global outbreak of COVID-19, this study took Wuhan as an
example, using mathematical statistics and spatial analysis, and other methods to
explore the distribution characteristics and distribution of COVID-19 in
residential spaces in the main city of Wuhan. Based on the above analysis, this
study summarized the influencing factors and revealed their internal connection with the spread of the epidemic, and
finally proposed corresponding prevention and control strategies. The
results show that: 1) The epidemic in Wuhan has
significant spatial aggregation characteristics, with epidemic communities
concentrated in urban areas with high population density and dense commercial
areas along the Changjiang River more likely to be infected; 2) The
construction planning factors of epidemic communities are closely related to
epidemic density. The results indicated traffic convenience, business services and
the accessibility of hospitals are significantly related to the spread of the
virus. The epidemic density is highly negatively correlated with community’s
land area, base area, number of households, building height, building spacing, and completion time, and may negatively correlated with the number of buildings, greening rate. But it positively correlated with
community’s building density. Therefore, the
epidemic prevention and control of urban residential spaces should start with
improving the built environment of the community. It means, by creating a rich and diverse community flexible
space, the community can effectively prevent the epidemic, and then
realize the city’s comprehensive anti-epidemic and development growth.