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Analysis of GPS data to assess changes in mobility routines during the COVID-19 pandemic

Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs), aimed at reducing the diffusion of the COVID-19 pandemic, have dramatically influenced our everyday behaviour. In this experiment, we study how individuals adapted their daily movements and person-to-person contact patterns over time in response to the NPIs. We leverage longitudinal GPS mobility data of hundreds of thousands of anonymous individuals to empirically show and quantify the dramatic disruption in people’s mobility habits and social behaviour. We find that local interventions did not just impact the number of visits to different venues but also how people experience them. Individuals spend less time in venues, preferring simpler and more predictable routines, also reducing person-to-person contacts. Moreover, we find that the individual patterns of visits are influenced by the strength of the NPIs policies, the local severity of the pandemic and a risk adaptation factor, which increases the people’s mobility regardless of the stringency of interventions. Finally, despite the gradual recovery in visit patterns, we find that individuals continue to keep person-to-person contacts low. This apparent conflict hints that the evolution of policy adherence should be carefully addressed by policymakers, epidemiologists and mobility experts.

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CreationDate 2022-05-26
Creator Pappalardo, Luca, luca.pappalardo@isti.cnr.it, orcid.org/0000-0002-1547-6007
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Group Sustainable Cities for Citizens
Owner Pappalardo, Luca, luca.pappalardo@isti.cnr.it, orcid.org/0000-0002-1547-6007
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Thematic Cluster Human Mobility Analytics [HMA]
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Author Pappalardo Luca
Maintainer Pappalardo Luca
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Last Updated 8 September 2023, 13:23 (CEST)
Created 26 May 2022, 14:42 (CEST)