The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

The Lancet, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 398(10311), P. 1619 - 1662

Published: Oct. 1, 2021

Language: Английский

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Impact of COVID-19 on the social, economic, environmental and energy domains: Lessons learnt from a global pandemic

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 26, P. 343 - 359

Published: Oct. 14, 2020

Language: Английский

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COVID-19, internet, and mobility: The rise of telework, telehealth, e-learning, and e-shopping

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 74, P. 103182 - 103182

Published: July 17, 2021

This study provides new evidence on changes in a range of online activities due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Online replaced physical participation and contributed urban mobility during Using data from nationwide survey Greece, paper examines importance frequency engaging before COVID-19. Findings show that both telework, teleconferencing, learning (e-learning), telehealth, shopping (e-shopping) significantly increased COVID-19 compared pre-COVID-19. Substantial increases were reported for telework (31% increase), teleconferencing (34% telehealth (21% increase). Those who, daily basis, teleworked, teleconferenced, made video calls with family or friends quadrupled COVID-19, while learners seven-fold. Telehealth also but more modestly. Urban post-COVID-19 era is likely depend degree prevalence acceptance these remote activities, together set complex interconnected factors related form, spatial planning decision-making system, social awareness about future cities.

Language: Английский

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New urban models for more sustainable, liveable and healthier cities post covid19; reducing air pollution, noise and heat island effects and increasing green space and physical activity

Environment International, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 157, P. 106850 - 106850

Published: Sept. 13, 2021

Cities are centres of innovation and wealth creation, but also hotspots air pollution noise, heat island effects lack green space, which all detrimental to human health. They COVID19. COVID19 has led a rethink urban public space. Therefore, is it time re-think our models reduce the health burden? We provide narrative meta-review around number cutting edge visionary that may affect have been reported over past few years. New concepts such as Superblocks, low traffic neighbourhood, 15 Minute city, Car free city or mixture these go some way in reducing burden related current transport practices. will increase space physical activity levels. What still lacking though thorough evaluation effectiveness acceptability schemes impacts on not only health, liveability sustainability, although they expected be positive. Finally, pandemic accelerate developments stimulus funding like EU Next Generation should used make changes.

Language: Английский

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Human mobility behavior in COVID-19: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 70, P. 102916 - 102916

Published: April 15, 2021

Language: Английский

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Contributions of Smart City Solutions and Technologies to Resilience against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(14), P. 8018 - 8018

Published: July 18, 2021

Since its emergence in late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept through many cities around world, claiming millions of lives and causing major socio-economic impacts. The occurred at an important historical juncture when smart solutions technologies have become ubiquitous cities. Against this background, review, we examine how city contributed to resilience by enhancing planning, absorption, recovery, adaptation abilities. For purpose, reviewed 147 studies that discussed issues related use during pandemic. results were synthesized under four themes, namely, planning preparation, adaptation. This review shows investment initiatives can enhance preparation ability. In addition, adoption can, among other things, capacity predict patterns, facilitate integrated timely response, minimize or postpone transmission virus, provide support overstretched sectors, supply chain disruption, ensure continuity basic services, offer for optimizing operations. These are promising demonstrate utility resilience. However, it should be noted realizing potential hinges on careful attention challenges privacy security, access open-source data, technological affordance, legal barriers, feasibility, citizen engagement. Despite this, further development unprecedented opportunities similar future events.

Language: Английский

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Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(9), P. 4620 - 4620

Published: April 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our cities in monumental ways with no sector likely being more severely impacted than transport. Lockdowns, physical spacing, transport restrictions and stay-at-home guidelines have transformed personal mobility highlighted the mistakes of an unbalanced pro-car culture that defined a century urban planning. One immediate effect virus relation to travel demand supply was emergence active modes because their unique ability provide socially distanced way Cycling is one enjoyed significant attention. Numerous reallocated street public space cyclists introduced pro-bike interventions like pop-up cycle lanes, e-bike subsidies, free bike-share use traffic calming measures. This newly found outbreak-induced momentum creates opportunity establish new ethos allows promotion potentially permanent strategies may help cycling be (re-)established as robust, mainstream resilient mode for inner city trips not second-class alternative operating under automobile’s giant shadow. paper provides state-of-the-art description anti-COVID cycling-friendly initiatives been globally, successes failures these initiatives, lessons learnt can us redefine bicycle’s role local societies today best practice policy guide planning bike-centric future.

Language: Английский

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How COVID-19 reshaped quality of life in cities: A synthesis and implications for urban planning

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 111, P. 105772 - 105772

Published: Sept. 20, 2021

This paper synthesizes knowledge on how the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic reshaped relationship between cities and quality of life. The possible impacts seven domains life - travel, leisure, work, social relationships, residential well-being, emotional responses, health during COVID-19 are reviewed. Findings indicate that role transport land use, urban nature, public space, facilities services, housing, information communications technology (ICT) in was transformed COVID-19. Access to healthcare services local amenities; opportunities for walking cycling; COVID-19-secure transport; access a car; blue or green space nearby nature; easy open space; living dwelling sufficient size quality; private communal outdoor areas; ICT infrastructure systems possibly helped mitigate negative cities. Implications planning policy arise from crisis, shedding light ways address inequities, support vulnerable groups, improve times pandemics but also under normal circumstances.

Language: Английский

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the importance of urban green spaces to the public

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 113, P. 105925 - 105925

Published: Dec. 7, 2021

Language: Английский

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Are high-density districts more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 70, P. 102911 - 102911

Published: April 3, 2021

Language: Английский

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