The Indonesian Journal of Planning and Development
Vol 8, No 1 (2023): February 2023

Mapping the Epidemic: Did Population Density and Mobility Affect the Number of Covid-19 Cases? Evidence from Yogyakarta City and Its Surrounding Areas

Muzaki, Ahmad Jihan (Unknown)
Sejati, Anang Wahyu (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Feb 2023

Abstract

Mobility reduction is believed to effectively reduce the spread of Covid-19 disease by lowering the SARS-COV-2 transmission in the population. A big data platform consists of a big scale of anonymized smartphone location data collected by Citydash.ai and presented as mobility data during the pandemic time to help humanity control the spreading of Covid-19 in Indonesia. This research aims to find the relation between mobility and population density to the spread of Covid-19 in Yogyakarta City and its surrounding areas, Indonesia, by using GIS to visualize the mobility, population density and Covid-19. This research also used a simple correlation method by making a cross-tabulation of the data to verify the relation between variables. This research found that mobility into Yogyakarta City and its surrounding area relates to its Covid-19 spread. At the same time, this research also found that mobility inside the area, mobility out of the area, and population density did not relate to the expansion of Covid-19 in Yogyakarta City and its surrounding areas. This anomaly should be considered in the Covid-19 mitigation or similar diseases to help public health, data-driven decision-making, and improving community response to Covid-19.

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Journal Info

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ijpd

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Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences Environmental Science Social Sciences

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Planning and Development (P-ISSN: 2087-9733 and E-ISSN: 2442-983X) is a journal devoted to the study of urban and regional planning and development issues in Indonesia and the other countries. IJPD publishes empirical and theoretical research in order to advance and ...