Ascani Andrea, Faggian Alessandra, Montresor Sandro
Social Sciences Gran Sasso Science Institute L'Aquila Italy.
J Reg Sci. 2021 Mar;61(2):407-441. doi: 10.1111/jors.12510. Epub 2020 Dec 21.
The aim of this article is to analyze the subnational spread of COVID-19 in Italy using an economic geography perspective. The striking spatial unevenness of COVID-19 suggests that the infection has hit economic core locations harder, and this raises questions about whether, and how, the subnational geography of the disease is connected to the economic base of localities. We provide some first evidence consistent with the possibility that the local specialization in geographically concentrated economic activities acts as a vehicle of disease transmission. This could generate a core-periphery pattern in the spatiality of COVID-19, which might follow the lines of the local economic landscape and the tradability of its outputs.
本文旨在从经济地理学角度分析意大利新冠肺炎在地方层面的传播情况。新冠肺炎显著的空间不均衡性表明，疫情对经济核心地区的冲击更为严重，这引发了关于该疾病在地方层面的地理分布是否以及如何与当地经济基础相关联的问题。我们提供了一些初步证据，支持地理上集中的经济活动中的地方专业化可能成为疾病传播媒介这一可能性。这可能在新冠肺炎的空间分布上产生一种核心-边缘模式，这种模式可能与当地经济格局及其产出的可贸易性相一致。
