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ArticleScientific data2022

A multisource database tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the communities of Boston, MA, USA.

Alina Ristea, Riley Tucker, Shunan You, Mehrnaz Amiri, Nicholas Beauchamp, Edgar Castro, Qiliang Chen, Alexandra Ciomek, Bidisha Das, Justin de Benedictis-Kessner and 11 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Policy analysis and data mining tools for controlling COVID-19 policies.Network modeling and analysis in health informatics and bioinformatics · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Alina Ristea *School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2682-1416
Riley Tucker *Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Shunan YouBoston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Mehrnaz AmiriSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Nicholas BeauchampNetwork Science Institute, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Edgar CastroBoston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Qiliang ChenCollege of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Alexandra CiomekBoston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Bidisha DasSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Justin de Benedictis-KessnerBoston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Sage GibbonsSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Forrest HangenSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Barrett MontgomeryDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States.
Petros PapadopoulosBoston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Cordula RobinsonKostas Research Institute, Northeastern University, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States.
Saina SheiniSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Michael ShieldsBoston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Xin ShuSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Michael WoodKostas Research Institute, Northeastern University, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States.
Babak HeydariSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Dan O'BrienSchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, United States. d.obrien@northeastern.edu.

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) #BCS-2032384National Science Foundation (NSF) #SES-1637124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pandemic, like other disasters, changes how systems work. In order to support research on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the dynamics of a single metropolitan area and the communities therein, we developed and made publicly available a "data-support system" for the city of Boston. We actively gathered data from multiple administrative (e.g., 911 and 311 dispatches, building permits) and internet sources (e.g., Yelp, Craigslist), capturing aspects of housing and land use, crime and disorder, and commercial activity and institutions. All the data were linked spatially through BARI's Geographical Infrastructure, enabling conjoint analysis. We curated the base records and aggregated them to construct ecometric measures (i.e., descriptors of a place) at various geographic scales, all of which were also published as part of the database. The datasets were published in an open repository, each accompanied by a detailed documentation of methods and variables. We anticipate updating the database annually to maintain the tracking of the records and associated measures.

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COVID-19Databases, FactualBostonData ManagementHumansPandemics

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PMID35725848
PMCPMC9209523

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