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

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 749; p. 142391
• Main Authors: Sharifi, Ayyoob, Khavarian-Garmsir, Amir Reza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.12.2020
• Subjects: air; Air Pollution - analysis; Air quality; China; China - epidemiology; Cities; City Planning; Communicable Disease Control; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; environment; Environmental factors; governance; Humans; issues and policy; pandemic; Pandemics; Review; SARS-CoV-2; Smart cities; transportation; urban development; Urban planning; viruses; water quality; China; Cities; COVID-19; Air quality; Environmental factors; Smart cities; Pandemics; Urban planning

Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis the scientific community has constantly been striving to shed light on various issues such as the mechanisms driving the spread of the virus, its environmental and socio-economic impacts, and necessary recovery and adaptation plans and policies. Given the...