Conditioning factors in the spreading of Covid-19 – Does geography matter?

• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25810
• Publication Date: 2024-02-03T08:35:36Z
• Authors: Vittoria Vandelli; Lucia Palandri; Paola Coratza; Cristiana Rizzi; Alessandro Ghinoi; Elena Righi; Mauro Soldati
• Keywords: Pandemic; Geographic mobility; Location

There is evidence in literature that the spread of COVID-19 can be influenced by various geographic factors, including territorial features, climate, population density, socioeconomic conditions, and mobility. The objective paper to provide an updated review on geographical studies analysing factors which spreading. This took into account not only aspects but also COVID-19-related outcomes (infections deaths) allowing discern potential influencing role per type outcome. A total 112 scientific articles were selected, reviewed categorized according subject area, aim, country/region study, considered variables, spatial temporal units analysis, methodologies, main findings. Our showed features may have played a determining uneven geography COVID-19; for instance, certain agreement was found regarding direct relationship between urbanization degree infections. For what concerns climatic temperature variable correlated best with Together socio-demographic ones extensively taken account. Most analysed agreed density human mobility had significant infections deaths. analysis different approaches used investigate spreading pandemic revealed significance/representativeness outputs scale due great variability aspects. In fact, more robust association conducted at subnational or local rather than country scale.