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Urban Intelligence for Pandemic Response: Viewpoint.

Yuan Lai¹, Wesley Yeung^2,3, Leo Anthony Celi^2,4

¹Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States.

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

|April 6, 2020

Summary

This study defines urban intelligence for pandemic response, integrating city data components like movement and facilities. It highlights challenges and the need for global, cross-disciplinary collaboration to build effective urban intelligence systems.

Keywords:

COVID-19 data science health emergency infectious disease medical informatics outbreak pandemic public health urban informatics urban science

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Urban Planning
Data Science

Background:

Epidemic management research underscores the value of city-level data.
Limited expertise exists in applying urban data during pandemics.
Previous research on pandemic response components remains siloed.

Purpose of the Study:

To define urban intelligence for disease outbreak response.
To outline five key components of urban intelligence: movement, facilities, people, information, and engagement.
To discuss opportunities, challenges, and controversies in deploying urban intelligence during pandemics, using COVID-19 as a case study.

Main Methods:

Literature review and synthesis of existing research on city-level information and pandemic response.
Conceptual framework development for urban intelligence.
Case study analysis of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.

Main Results:

Urban intelligence integrates city-level information with analytical and operational capacity.
Five previously siloed components (movement, facilities, people, information, engagement) are identified for integrated pandemic response.
Deployment of urban intelligence during pandemics presents technical challenges and ethical considerations.

Conclusions:

An integrated approach to urban intelligence is crucial for effective pandemic response.
Cross-disciplinary research and global collaboration are urgently needed to build robust urban intelligence capabilities.
Addressing technical and societal challenges is vital for successful urban intelligence implementation.