The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 749, P. 142391 - 142391

Published: Sept. 18, 2020

Language: Английский

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A scoping review of the impacts of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on vulnerable population groups

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Feb. 3, 2023

Most governments have enacted physical or social distancing measures to control COVID-19 transmission. Yet little is known about the socio-economic trade-offs of these measures, especially for vulnerable populations, who are exposed increased risks and susceptible adverse health outcomes. To examine impacts on most in society, this scoping review screened 39,816 records synthesised results from 265 studies worldwide documenting negative older people, children/students, low-income migrant workers, people prison, with disabilities, sex victims domestic violence, refugees, ethnic minorities, sexual gender minorities. We show that prolonged loneliness, mental distress, unemployment, income loss, food insecurity, widened inequality disruption access support services were unintended consequences impacted groups highlight exacerbated vulnerabilities different populations.

Language: Английский

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What determines city’s resilience against epidemic outbreak: evidence from China’s COVID-19 experience

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 70, P. 102892 - 102892

Published: March 30, 2021

Language: Английский

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Community resilience to pandemics: An assessment framework developed based on the review of COVID-19 literature

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 80, P. 103248 - 103248

Published: Aug. 14, 2022

Language: Английский

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A review of GIS methodologies to analyze the dynamics of COVID‐19 in the second half of 2020

Transactions in GIS, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 25(5), P. 2191 - 2239

Published: July 11, 2021

COVID-19 has infected over 163 million people and resulted in 3.9 deaths. Regarding the tools strategies to research ongoing pandemic, spatial analysis been increasingly utilized study impacts of COVID-19. This article provides a review 221 scientific articles that used science pandemic published from June 2020 December 2020. The main objectives are: identify techniques by authors; subjects addressed their disciplines; classify studies based on applications. contribution will facilitate comparisons with body work during first half 2020, revealing evolution phenomenon through lens analysis. Our results show there was an increase use both statistical (e.g., geographically weighted regression, Bayesian models, regression) applied socioeconomic variables at finer temporal scales. We found remote sensing approaches, which are now widely around world. Lockdowns associated changes human mobility have extensively examined using spatiotemporal techniques. Another dominant topic studied relationship between pollution dynamics, enhance impact activities pandemic's evolution. represents shift when focused climatic weather factors. Overall, we seen vast transmission risk

Language: Английский

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Inclusive public open space for all: Spatial justice with health considerations

Habitat International, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 118, P. 102457 - 102457

Published: Nov. 3, 2021

Language: Английский

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Neighborhood, built environment and resilience in transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 110, P. 103428 - 103428

Published: Aug. 12, 2022

Language: Английский

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COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?

Progress in Disaster Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10, P. 100163 - 100163

Published: March 24, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered and intensified existing societal inequalities. People on the move residents of urban slums informal settlements are among some most affected groups in Global South. Given current living conditions migrants, WHO guidelines how to prevent (such as handwashing, physical distancing working from home) challenging nearly impossible settlements. We use case India highlight challenges migrants slum dwellers during response, provide human rights-based recommendations for immediate action safeguard these vulnerable populations.

Language: Английский

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Rethinking urban density, vitality and healthy environment in the post-pandemic city: The case of Istanbul

Cities, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 124, P. 103598 - 103598

Published: Jan. 29, 2022

Language: Английский

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Mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations: Lessons for improving health and social equity

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 328, P. 116007 - 116007

Published: June 2, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic had an inequitable and disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations, reversing decades of progress toward healthy populations poverty alleviation. This study examines various programmatic tools policy measures used by governments to support during the pandemic. A comparative case 15 countries representing all World Health Organization's regions offers a comprehensive picture with varying income statuses, health system arrangements public measures. Through systematic desk review key informant interviews, we report spectrum mitigation strategies deployed in these address five major types vulnerabilities (health, economic, social, institutional communicative). We found multitude that supported such as migrant workers, sex prisoners, older persons school-going children. Prioritising early phase vaccination campaigns, direct financial subsidies food assistance programmes were most common reported. Additionally, framing information implementing culturally sensitive promotion interventions helped bridge communication barriers certain instances. However, remain insufficient protect comprehensively. Our findings point need expand fiscal space for health, enlarge healthcare coverage, incorporate equity principles policies, leverage technology, multi-stakeholder co-production policies tailored community engagement mechanisms.

Language: Английский

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