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T1 Cartographies on COVID-19 and functional divisions of the territory: an analysis on the evolution of the pandemic based on Basic Health Areas (BHA) in Castile and Leon (Spain)
T2 Cartografías de la COVID-19 y divisiones funcionales del territorio:
un análisis de la evolución de la pandemia basada
en las Zonas Básicas de Salud (ZBS) en Castilla y León (España)
A1 Andrés López, Gonzalo
A1 Herrero Luque, Daniel
A1 Martínez Arnáiz, Marta
K1 Cartography
K1 Pandemic maps
K1 GIS
K1 Spatial analysis
K1 Cartografía
K1 Mapas de la pandemia
K1 SIG
K1 Análisis espacial
K1 Geografía
K1 Geography
K1 Enfermedades infecciosas
K1 Communicable diseases
AB In the face of the confusion and uncertainty that COVID-19 has caused over the last year, Geography has proven to be a useful aid in the interpretation of the spatial dynamics that explain the transmission of the virus. Applied cartography and GIS analysis of epidemiological data have been consolidated as essential tools for interpreting the health crisis. This paper explores the usefulness of maps for the study of the evolution of the pandemic in Castile and Leon, one of the Spanish regions with the highest levels of infection and mortality. Based on the statistical variables of sick and dead people at the scale of the Basic Health Area (BHA), a first analytical approach is carried out by means of a sequence of dynamic maps during the first wave. Afterwards, a systematic study is carried out using thematic mapping for the period of the three waves, a period between March 2020 and March 2021. The analysis unravels the differential impact of the disease between rural and urban areas and reveals the problems of the mismatch between the functional divisions of the territory (BHA, as units of health analysis) and the scale of administrative management (municipalities, as the effective scale of action).
PB Asociación Española de Geografía
SN 0212-9426
YR 2021
FD 2021-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6396
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6396
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 23-abr-2024