Spatial Components of COVID-19 Pandemic

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging economies and current healthcare systems in countries all over the world. Predicting the spread of SARS-COV-2 and efficient deployment of resources have become critically important. Understanding the spatial components of the disease and the virus can lead to the effective application of spatial technologies in modeling disease transmission and developing projections of cases, hospitalizations, and required resources.

This Special Collection of IJGI is expected to serve as a knowledge exchange platform presenting the latest advances in spatial technological applications to combat this unprecedented situation of COVID-19. This collection hopefully will guide professionals if in the future there is another pandemic of this nature to better prepare saving lives. 

We invite authors to submit original scientific papers on the application of spatial technologies for managing COVID-19 including, but not limited to, the following topics: 

• Understanding the spatial components of the disease and the virus;
• Spatio-temporal prediction models;
• Healthcare resource requirements during spatio-temporal dynamics;
• Spatial variability in risk factors;
• Spatial tracking;
• Spatial distance vs social distance;
• Global vs local patterns;
• Prevention plan;
• Environmental factors impacting the survival and spread of SARS-COV-2;
• Environmental exposures on vulnerability of COVID-19;
• Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on environment.

Prof. Dr. Fazlay S. Faruque
Prof. Dr. Peng Jia
Dr. Mo Ashifur Rahim
Collection Editors

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