An overview of urban analytical approaches to combating the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The past years have seen significant achievements in cross-disciplinary geospatial and urban analytical research to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. New methods and tools have been developed. Geospatial and urban analytic perspectives are proven to be of utmost importance and are irreplaceable. Location data, geographic thinking, and urban analytical techniques play significant roles in these studies. With the ever-increasing volume of spatial big data and location intelligence, as well as the rapidly growing GeoAI techniques, urban analytics has boundless opportunities to contribute significantly to future cross-disciplinary research endeavors against epidemics.