International Journal of Digital Earth (Oct 2020)
Taking the pulse of COVID-19: a spatiotemporal perspective
- Chaowei Yang,
- Dexuan Sha,
- Qian Liu,
- Yun Li,
- Hai Lan,
- Weihe Wendy Guan,
- Tao Hu,
- Zhenlong Li,
- Zhiran Zhang,
- John Hoot Thompson,
- Zifu Wang,
- David Wong,
- Shiyang Ruan,
- Manzhu Yu,
- Douglas Richardson,
- Luyao Zhang,
- Ruizhi Hou,
- You Zhou,
- Cheng Zhong,
- Yifei Tian,
- Fayez Beaini,
- Kyla Carte,
- Colin Flynn,
- Wei Liu,
- Dieter Pfoser,
- Shuming Bao,
- Mei Li,
- Haoyuan Zhang,
- Chunbo Liu,
- Jie Jiang,
- Shihong Du,
- Liang Zhao,
- Mingyue Lu,
- Lin Li,
- Huan Zhou,
- Andrew Ding
Affiliations
- Chaowei Yang
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Dexuan Sha
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Qian Liu
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Yun Li
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Hai Lan
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Weihe Wendy Guan
- Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
- Tao Hu
- Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
- Zhenlong Li
- Geoinformation and Big Data Research Lab, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina
- Zhiran Zhang
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- John Hoot Thompson
- Cloud, Compute, and Storage Operations, Information Technology Services, George Mason University
- Zifu Wang
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- David Wong
- Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason Univ.
- Shiyang Ruan
- Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason Univ.
- Manzhu Yu
- Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
- Douglas Richardson
- Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
- Luyao Zhang
- School of Business Management, East China Normal University
- Ruizhi Hou
- School of Mathematical Sciences, East China Normal University
- You Zhou
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Cheng Zhong
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Yifei Tian
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Fayez Beaini
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Kyla Carte
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Colin Flynn
- Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason Univ.
- Wei Liu
- NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, George Mason Univ.
- Dieter Pfoser
- Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason Univ.
- Shuming Bao
- China Data Institute
- Mei Li
- Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University
- Haoyuan Zhang
- Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University
- Chunbo Liu
- Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jie Jiang
- School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Informatics, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Shihong Du
- Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University
- Liang Zhao
- Department of Information Technology, George Mason University
- Mingyue Lu
- School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Lin Li
- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University
- Huan Zhou
- School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University
- Andrew Ding
- Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2020.1809723
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 10
pp. 1186 – 1211
Abstract
The sudden outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swept across the world in early 2020, triggering the lockdowns of several billion people across many countries, including China, Spain, India, the U.K., Italy, France, Germany, Brazil, Russia, and the U.S. The transmission of the virus accelerated rapidly with the most confirmed cases in the U.S., India, Russia, and Brazil. In response to this national and global emergency, the NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center brought together a taskforce of international researchers and assembled implementation strategies to rapidly respond to this crisis, for supporting research, saving lives, and protecting the health of global citizens. This perspective paper presents our collective view on the global health emergency and our effort in collecting, analyzing, and sharing relevant data on global policy and government responses, human mobility, environmental impact, socioeconomical impact; in developing research capabilities and mitigation measures with global scientists, promoting collaborative research on outbreak dynamics, and reflecting on the dynamic responses from human societies.
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