Abstract The aim of this article is to analyze the subnational spread of COVID‐19 in Italy using an economic geography perspective. The striking spatial unevenness of COVID‐19 suggests that the infection has hit economic core locations harder, and this raises questions about whether, and how, the subnational geography of the disease is connected to the economic base of localities. We provide some first evidence consistent with the possibility that the local specialization in geographically concentrated economic activities acts as a vehicle of disease transmission. This could generate a core‐periphery pattern in the spatiality of COVID‐19, which might follow the lines of the local economic landscape and the tradability of its outputs.

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COVID-19 的地理位置和当地经济结构：以意大利为例


摘要 本文的目的是从经济地理学的角度分析 COVID-19 在意大利的地方传播情况。 COVID-19 显着的空间不均匀性表明，这种感染对经济核心地区的打击更为严重，这引发了关于该疾病的次国家地理是否以及如何与当地经济基础相关的问题。我们提供了一些初步证据，证明地理上集中的经济活动的地方专业化是疾病传播的媒介。这可能会在 COVID-19 的空间性中产生核心-边缘模式，该模式可能遵循当地经济格局及其产出的可交易性。