Gioia Eleonora, Colocci Alessandra, Casareale Cristina, Marchetti Noemi, Marincioni Fausto
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy.
Int J Disaster Risk Reduct. 2022 Nov;82:103324. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103324. Epub 2022 Oct 4.
The first wave of COVID-19 arrived in Italy in February 2020 severely hitting the northern regions and delineating sharp differences across the country, from North to South. The Marche Region (central Italy) is a good example of such uneven distribution of contagion and casualties. This paper discusses the spatial diffusion of COVID-19 during the spring of 2020 in the five provinces of Marche and discusses it by means of descriptive and quantitative analysis of local socio-economic variables. Results show that the high impact of COVID-19 in Pesaro and Urbino, the northernmost province of Marche, might be reasonably attributable to higher mobility of local residents, especially northbound. Similarly, the larger contagion among the elderly in the center and norther provinces, is possibly due to a high number of hospices and seniors' residential facilities. Finally, the North-to-South diffusion of the virus can be explained by the Region's transportation infrastructures and urban layout along the coastal area.
2020年2月，第一波新冠疫情抵达意大利，严重冲击了北部地区，凸显了该国南北之间的显著差异。马尔凯大区（意大利中部）就是疫情传播和伤亡情况分布不均的一个典型例子。本文探讨了2020年春季新冠疫情在马尔凯大区五个省份的空间扩散情况，并通过对当地社会经济变量的描述性和定量分析进行讨论。结果表明，马尔凯大区最北部的佩萨罗-乌尔比诺省受新冠疫情影响严重，这可能合理地归因于当地居民较高的流动性，尤其是向北的流动。同样，中部和北部省份老年人中感染人数较多，可能是由于大量的临终关怀院和老年人居住设施。最后，病毒从北向南的扩散可以通过该地区沿海的交通基础设施和城市布局来解释。
