Analysis of Hazard Rate of Municipalities in Slovakia in Terms of COVID-19

František Petrovič, Katarína Vilinová and Radovan Hilbert
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František Petrovič: Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Katarína Vilinová: Department of Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Radovan Hilbert: Department of Fire Protection, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, YMS, a. s., 960 01 Trnava, Slovakia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: The coronavirus became a phenomenon in 2020, which is making an unwanted but wide space for the study of various scientific disciplines. The COVID-19 pandemic situation which has reached almost the whole civilized world by its consequences thus offers a unique possibility to analyze the graphic space and the human activities inside it. The aim of this study is to predict and identify the potential rate of threat on the example of COVID-19 in Slovakia through an established model. This model consisted of an assessment of the partial phenomena of exposure, vulnerability, and overall risk. The statistical data used to evaluate these phenomena concerned individual cities in Slovakia. These represent the smallest administrative unit. Indirect methods based on the point method were applied in the paper. The spreading and transfer of the disease was influenced much more by the exposure presented by traffic availability, especially, but also the concentration of inhabitants in the selected locations (shops, cemeteries, and others). In the results, our modeling confirmed the regions with the highest intensity, especially in the districts (Bratislava, Košice, Prešov, and Nitra). The selection of the data and method used in this study together with the results reached and presented may serve as an appropriate tool for the support of decision-making of other measures for the future.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Slovakia; exposure; hazard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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