Discovering the Relationship Between the Accessibility and Covid 19 Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Case Study Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Abstract

People are more likely to meet and connect when there is a high concentration of amenities within easy travelling distance. In this way, we argue that accessibility is a proxy for various characteristics associated with social interaction and that environments with greater accessibility promote greater social interaction, leading to higher contagion rates for some contagious diseases like COVID-19. Three criteria have been proposed to evaluate availability: Diversity, proximity, and connectivity. The three criteria were analyzed using a geographic information system (GIS). One of the multi-criteria analyses, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), was used to establish the defensible space zones according to the accessibility criteria. Results were verified by comparing them to cases of covid-19 in the Bukit Bintang area. The zones that reported the most Covid incidences were found to cross over non-defensive (easy to access) zones. Because of this, we can conclude that easier access contributed to the rise in reported cases of COVID.