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  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Public Health
  • Data Science

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  • Administrative borders often do not reflect natural human mobility patterns.
  • Understanding human movement is crucial for effective policy-making in various sectors.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for geographically relevant public health strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the concept of Mobility Functional Areas (MFAs) derived from mobile positioning data.
  • To analyze the relationship between MFAs and COVID-19 transmission in Austria.
  • To assess the potential of MFAs for informing policy responses.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of anonymized mobile positioning data to identify highly interconnected geographic zones (MFAs).
  • Statistical comparison of COVID-19 infection rates between MFAs and other areas in Austria.
  • Methodology for defining MFAs independent of administrative boundaries.

Main Results:

  • Mobility Functional Areas (MFAs) were identified as geographic zones reflecting natural human mobility.
  • MFAs in Austria exhibited statistically higher average COVID-19 infection numbers compared to non-MFA areas.
  • The findings suggest MFAs can identify areas requiring targeted interventions.

Conclusions:

  • MFAs offer a novel, bottom-up approach to understanding geographic connectivity and its public health implications.
  • The study demonstrates the utility of MFAs in identifying hotspots during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The MFAs dataset is publicly available for further research in transportation, spatial planning, and health policy.