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. 2021 May 11;9:72420–72450. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3079121

TABLE 1. Geographical Context and Objectives of Past Studies of COVID-19 and Human Mobility.

Authors Study context Objectives
[7] Los Angeles, US Investigating the relationships among socio-economic features of people and human mobility during COVID-19.
[45] 13 countries of the world Evaluating the effectiveness of lockdown measures on the COVID-19 pandemic.
[46] New York and Seattle, US Investigating the impacts of post-COVID-19 reopening strategies on travel patterns and mode choice of people.
[47] Cracow, Poland Investigating changes in pedestrian activities in public places (e.g., tourist spots, residential areas, and places with mixed land uses) before and during COVID-19.
[48] 50 states of the US Assessing the impacts of policy instruments (e.g., closing and reopening of retail stores, workplaces, businesses, places of entertainment and worship, and restriction on mobility) on the COVID-19 pandemic.
[49] US, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and South Korea Understand the impacts of social distancing measures (i.e., mobility) on the transmission of COVID-19.
[50] 401 counties in Germany Exploring the spatial (e.g., population density) and aspatial (e.g., socio-economic) factors of coronavirus diffusion.
[51] US and Australia Forecasting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourist arrivals.
[52] 50 states of the US and District of Columbia Investigating the factors that affect human mobility and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[53] 26 countries of the world Examining the role of social distancing measures on the COVID-19 transmission rate.
[54] Iran Predicting coronavirus cases and identifying the associated factors that influence new daily cases.
[55] Boston, US Estimating the changes in people’s mobility due to COVID-19 situations and related local policy measures.
[56] Hayatabad, Pakistan Detecting the violation of social distancing measures.
[57] US Modeling COVID-19 transmission at the county level.
[58] Detroit, US Investigating the impacts of COVID-19 and social distancing measures on traffic volume and safety.
[59] Dane and Milwaukee County, City of Madison, US Modeling of COVID-19 spread and investigating the associations between COVID-19 transmission and mobility, business foot-traffic, and socioeconomic features.
[60] Wuhan, China Predicting the number of COVID-19 infection cases related to patient recovery and death.
[61] 3219 counties in the US Developing a COVID-19 case prediction model with ML techniques based on county-level data.
[62] US Developing an interactive platform to analyze COVID-19 impact.
[63] China Predicting COVID-19 cases on the next day.
[64] Iran Investigating the impacts of air and inter-city travel on COVID-19 confirmed cases.