Determination of Population Mobility Dynamics in Popayán-Colombia during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Open Datasets

Andrés Felipe Solis Pino (), Ginna Andrea Ramirez Palechor, Yesid Ediver Anacona Mopan, Victoria E. Patiño-Arenas, Pablo H. Ruiz, Vanessa Agredo-Delgado and Alicia Mon
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Andrés Felipe Solis Pino: Facultad de Ingeniería, Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca-Unicomfacauca, Cl. 4 N. 8-30, Popayán 190001, Cauca, Colombia
Ginna Andrea Ramirez Palechor: Facultad de Ingeniería, Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca-Unicomfacauca, Cl. 4 N. 8-30, Popayán 190001, Cauca, Colombia
Yesid Ediver Anacona Mopan: Facultad de Ingeniería, Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca-Unicomfacauca, Cl. 4 N. 8-30, Popayán 190001, Cauca, Colombia
Victoria E. Patiño-Arenas: Facultad de Ingeniería, Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca-Unicomfacauca, Cl. 4 N. 8-30, Popayán 190001, Cauca, Colombia
Pablo H. Ruiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca-Unicomfacauca, Cl. 4 N. 8-30, Popayán 190001, Cauca, Colombia
Vanessa Agredo-Delgado: Facultad de Ingeniería, Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca-Unicomfacauca, Cl. 4 N. 8-30, Popayán 190001, Cauca, Colombia
Alicia Mon: Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Buenos Aires B1754, Argentina

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a catastrophic event that marked the history of humanity. The virus’s transmissibility has primarily prevented the control of the pandemic, so it has become vital to determine and control the dynamics of the population mobility to reduce the epidemiological impact. Considering the above, this paper uses an exposure indicator based on the movement ranges provided by Facebook to determine the dynamics of population mobility in Popayán city for the period after the appearance of COVID-19. Using statistical analysis techniques, it then contrasts the data obtained with the public circulation reports provided by Google and Apple. The results suggest that the exposure indicator is reliable and presents moderate to strong linear relationships for the public data, which implies that it can be an additional resource for decision-making to curb the spread of the virus.

Keywords: COVID-19; population mobility; exposure indicator; movement range maps; Facebook data for good; mobile phone location data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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