id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-026334-n8ek9fw3 Shah, Pooja Prevention is Better than Cure: An Application of Big Data and Geospatial Technology in Mitigating Pandemic 2020-06-06 .txt text/plain 2672 144 52 While the city planners are still struggling to maintain balance between logistic planning and resource management, dense urban built up, affordable housing and other factors are challenging the planners to find out potential site for COVID-19 patients and quarantine. The predicting strength of the software is explored by developing model to predict the cases of COVID-19 using explanatory variables like population density, building density, building heights and types of use of land like housing, commercial or industrial and positive cases of COVID based on above parameters the prediction model will help to show the probable area of containment Using this model, the severity of the pandemic can be tracked and can be monitored to avoid further spread of diseases. The use of such data in Surat city has helped in managing the spread of the COVID-19 effect. ./cache/cord-026334-n8ek9fw3.txt ./txt/cord-026334-n8ek9fw3.txt