Mei-Po Kwan's COVID-19 Research Papers



I have conducted research on the COVID-19 pandemic in 4 main areas: (1) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's mobility; (2) uncertainties in the assessment of COVID-19 risk; (3) people's privacy concerns for and acceptance of COVID-19 control measures that harness location information; and (4) influences of built and social environmental factors on the space-time dynamics of COVID-19.

-- The following are some selected papers of my COVID-19 research:

Huang, J., and M.-P. Kwan. 2023. Associations between COVID-19 risk, multiple environmental exposures, and housing conditions: A study using individual-level GPS-based real-time sensing data. Applied Geography, 153: 102904.

Huang, J., M.-P. Kwan, L.A. Tse, and S.Y. He. 2023. How people's COVID-19-induced worries and multiple environmental exposures are associated with their depression, anxiety, and stress during the pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), 6620.

Huang, J., and M.-P. Kwan. 2022. Uncertainties in the assessment of COVID-19 risk: A Study of people's exposure to high-risk environments using individual-level activity data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(4): 968-987.

Huang, J., and M.-P. Kwan. 2022. Examining the influence of housing conditions and daily greenspace exposure on people's perceived COVID-19 risk and distress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14):8876. [Open access]

Huang, J., M.-P. Kwan, and Z. Kan. 2021. The superspreading places of COVID-19 and the associated built-environment and socio-demographic features: A study using a spatial network framework and individual-level activity data. Health & Place, 72: 102694.

Huang, J., M.-P. Kwan, and J. Kim. 2021. How culture and sociopolitical tensions might influence people's acceptance of COVID-19 control measures that use individual-level georeferenced data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(7): 490. [Open access]

Huang, J., M.-P. Kwan, Z. Kan, M.S. Wong, C.Y.T. Kwok, and X. Yu. 2020. Investigating the relationship between the built environment and relative risk of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(11): 624. [Open access]

Huang, J., M.-P. Kwan, L.A. Tse, and S.Y. He. 2023. How people's COVID-19-induced worries and multiple environmental exposures are associated with their depression, anxiety, and stress during the pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), 6620. [Open access]

Kan, Z., M.-P. Kwan, M.S. Wong, J. Huang, and D. Liu. 2021. Identifying the space-time patterns of COVID-19 risk and their associations with different built environment features in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 772(10): 145379.

Kan, Z., M.-P. Kwan, J. Huang, M.S. Wong, and D. Liu. 2021. Comparing the space-time patterns of high-risk areas in different waves of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Transactions in GIS, online. [Open access]

Kan, Z., M.-P. Kwan, J. Huang, J. Cai, and D. Liu. 2023. A spatial network-based assessment of individual exposure to COVID-19. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, [online].

Kim, J., and M.-P. Kwan. 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's mobility: A longitudinal study of the U.S. from March to September of 2020. Journal of Transport Geography, 93: 103039.

Kim, J., and M.-P. Kwan. 2021. An examination of people's privacy concerns, perceptions of social benefits, and acceptance of COVID-19 mitigation measures that harness location information: A comparative study of the U.S. and South Korea. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(1): 25. [Open access]

Kwok, C.Y.T., M.S. Wong, K.L. Chan, M.-P. Kwan, J.E Nichol, C.H. Liu, J.Y.H. Wong, A.K. C. Wai, L. W.C. Chan, Y. Xu, H. Li, J. Huang, and Z. Kan. 2021. Spatial analysis of the impact of urban geometry and socio-demographic characteristics on COVID-19: A study in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 764: 144455.

Lee, P.M.Y., B. Huang, G. Liao, C.K. Chan, L.-B. Tai, C.Y.J. Tsang, C.C. Leung, M.-P. Kwan, and L.A. Tse. 2021. Changes in physical activity and rest-activity circadian rhythm among Hong Kong community aged population before and during COVID-19. BMC Public Health, 21: 836. [Open access]

Liao, G., B. Huang, P.M.Y. Lee, S. Zhao, C.K. Chan, L.-B. Tai, C.Y.J. Tsang, C.C. Leung, M.-P. Kwan, and S.L.-A. Tse. 2022. Differences in sleep patterns and mental health problems during different periods of COVID-19 outbreak among community-dwelling older men in Hong Kong. International Journal of Public Health, 67: 1604363. [Open access]

Lin, J., B. Huang, M.-P. Kwan, M. Chen, and Q. Wang. 2023. COVID-19 infection rate but not severity is associated with availability of greenness in the United States. Landscape and Urban Planning, 233: 104704.

Liu, D., and M.-P. Kwan. 2022. Integrated analysis of doubly disadvantaged neighborhoods by considering both green space and blue space accessibility and COVID-19 infection risk. PLOS ONE, 17(11): e0273125. [Open access]

Liu, D., M.-P. Kwan, Z. Kan, Y. Song, and X. Li. 2022. Racial/ethnic inequity in transit-based spatial accessibility to COVID-19 vaccination sites. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, online.

Meng, Y., M.S. Wong, H. Xing, M.-P. Kwan, and R. Zhu. 2021. Yearly and daily relationship assessment between air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: Evidence from 231 countries and regions. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(6): 401. [Open access]

Meng, Y., M.S. Wong, H. Xing, M.-P. Kwan, and R. Zhu. 2021. Assessing the country-level excess all-cause mortality and the impacts of air pollution and human activity during the COVID-19 epidemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18: 6883. [Open access]

Meng, Y., M.S. Wong, M.-P. Kwan, and R. Zhu. 2022. Association between global air pollution and COVID-19 mortality: A study of forty-six cities in the world. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(6): 1777-1793.

Wang, K., X. Han, L. Dong, X.-J. Chen, G. Xiu, M.-P. Kwan, and Y. Liu. 2023. Quantifying the spatial spillover effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on pandemic risk. International Journal of Health Geographics, 22(1):13. http:// doi.org/10.1186/s12942-023-00335-6.

Wang, L., Z. Hu, K. Zhou, and M.-P. Kwan. 2023. Identifying spatial heterogeneity of COVID-19 transmission clusters and their built-environment features at the neighbourhood scale. Health and Place, 84: 103130.

Wong, M.S., R. Zhu, C.Y.T. Kwok, M.-P. Kwan, P. Santi, C.H. Liu, K. Qin, K.H. Lee, J. Heo, H. Li, and C. Ratti. 2021. Association between NO2 concentrations and spatial configuration: A study of the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns in 54 US cities. Environmental Research Letters, 16: 054064. [Open access]

Yu, X., M.S. Wong, M.-P. Kwan, J.E. Nichol, R. Zhu, J. Heo, P.W. Chan, D.C.W. Chin, C.Y.T. Kwok, and Z. Kan. 2021. COVID-19 infection and mortality: Association with PM2.5 concentration and population size - An exploratory study. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(3): 123. [Open access]

Zhu, R., L. Anselin, M.-P. Kwan, M. Batty, M. Chen, W. Luo, M. Barton, T. Cheng, C.K. Lim, P. Santi, C. Cheng, Q. Gu, M.S. Wong, K. Zhang, and C. Ratti. 2022. The effects of different travel modes and travel destinations on COVID-19 transmission in global cities. Science Bulletin, 67(6): 588-592. [ Open access]



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