Patrick Ballantyne, Alex Singleton and Les Dolega
This repo contains all the code used for the paper: Retail centres and COVID-19: Functional, structural and spatial responses to Omicron.
The paper has three aims:
- Investigate the general response of retail centre activity during the Omicron variant.
- Explore the extent to which these responses can be explained by the overall function of a retail centre.
- Consider the role of the structural and catchment characteristics of retail centres in determining their response to the Omicron variant.
This paper was presented at the RGSIBG Annual Conference at Newcastle University in August 2022. You can download my slides HERE.
The primary dataset used in this project is the Geolytix aggregated in-app location dataset, which is available via the CDRC; more information can be found HERE.
We integrate the mobility dataset with the CDRC retail centres data product, specifically the boundaries and accompanying indicators, which can be found HERE.
Specifically, we examine trends in retail centre activity, calculated as below in the figure.
This paper uses exploratory analysis as the primary tool of investigation. Code used to produce the plots can be found HERE.
Paper is currently nearing submission, please check back soon for results.
Thanks go to Geolytix for providing access to the data, and approving all outputs for use in presentations and publication. Thanks also to Maurizio Gibin and Meixu Chen at the CDRC for their assistance in safe usage of the Geolytix data within the CDRC trusted research environment.