Understanding COVID-lockdowns through urban management systems: a novel application of administrative data

Matthews, P., Hastings, A. and Wang, Y. (2023) Understanding COVID-lockdowns through urban management systems: a novel application of administrative data. Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 11(1), 2203217. (doi: 10.1080/21650020.2023.2203217)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented ‘lockdowns’ and stay-at-home orders to prevent the spread of infection. Social scientists have analysed mobility during these lockdowns to understand compliance at a population-level, and whether there were systematic barriers to compliance for certain population groups. Much of this analysis has used mobility data from private companies, gathered via smartphones. In this paper, we consider an unexplored source of such data – urban management administrative data – and demonstrate its usefulness for understanding mobility, and what these patterns might reveal about socio-spatial inequality and local economic activity and suggest greater imagination when analysing such data.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [ES/L011921/1, ES/S007105/1]
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hastings, Professor Annette and Wang, Dr Yang
• Authors: Matthews, P., Hastings, A., and Wang, Y.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
• Journal Name: Urban, Planning and Transport Research
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• ISSN: 2165-0012
• ISSN (Online): 2165-0020
• Published Online: 25 April 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Urban, Planning and Transport Research 11(1):2203217
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
190698		Urban Big Data Research Centre	Nick Bailey	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/L011921/1	S&PS - Urban Big Data
304042		UBDC Centre Transition	Nick Bailey	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/S007105/1	S&PS - Administration