On the relationships between COVID-19 and extended urbanization

Connolly, Creighton; Ali, S. Harris; Keil, Roger

doi:10.1177/2043820620934209

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“…Indeed, fragmented governance, characterized by different priorities, and conflicts between different levels of governance over limited resources is blamed for the limited success in containing the spread of virus in some contexts such as the US and Australia. Such conflicts are partially attributed to the limited local independence and high reliance on the central government for coordinating actions ( Connolly et al, 2020a ; Steele, 2020 ). In fact, while top-down management through multi-level governance systems is essential for coordinating activities, some level of local leadership is needed for taking nimble and timely actions.…”

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“…The recent pandemic has brought to the fore the issue of urban vulnerability to pandemics and has resurrected interest in this topic. As various forces such as climate change and human encroachment into natural wildlife habitats may increase the frequency of pandemics in the future, better knowledge of the underlying patterns and dynamics of pandemics, their effects on cities, and necessary preparation, response, and adaptation measures is needed ( Connolly et al, 2020a ). In this regard, the recent pandemic offers an unprecedented opportunity to understand how cities might be affected by pandemics and what actions are needed to minimize the impacts and enhance urban pandemic resilience.…”

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

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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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 high concentration of population and economic activities in cities, they are often hotspots of COVID-19 infections. Accordingly, many researchers are struggling to explore the dynamics of the pandemic in urban areas to understand impacts of COVID-19 on cities. In this study we seek to provide an overview of COVID-19 research related to cities by reviewing literature published during the first eight months after the first confirmed cases were reported in Wuhan, China. The main aims are to understand impacts of the pandemic on cities and to highlight major lessons that can be learned for post-COVID urban planning and design. Results show that, in terms of thematic focus, early research on the impacts of COVID-19 on cities is mainly related to four major themes, namely, (1) environmental quality, (2) socio-economic impacts, (3) management and governance, and (4) transportation and urban design. While this indicates a diverse research agenda, the first theme that covers issues related to air quality, meteorological parameters, and water quality is dominant, and the others are still relatively underexplored. Improvements in air and water quality in cities during lockdown periods highlight the significant environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities and provide a wake-up call to adopt environmentally friendly development pathways. The paper also provides other recommendations related to the socio-economic factors, urban management and governance, and transportation and urban design that can be used for post-COVID urban planning and design. Overall, existing knowledge shows that the COVID-19 crisis entails an excellent opportunity for planners and policy makers to take transformative actions towards creating cities that are more just, resilient, and sustainable.

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

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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“…54,55 The interaction between COVID-19 and kidney diseases presents strong evidence that CDs and NCDs are closely interlinked. COVID-19 has highlighted the Accepted Article dangers caused by environmental degradation, with increasing encroachment by humans on spaces occupied by non-humans 56 .The RNA sequencing of the current SARS Coronavirus has revealed that it is strikingly similar to the strain found in bats, providing strong support to its zoonotic origin. Air pollution, which been associated with increased transmission of COVID-19, 57 is also emerging as a causative or a strong contributory factor in disease progression of CKD.…”

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COVID‐19 and care for patients with chronic kidney disease: Challenges and lessons

Divyaveer

Jha

2021

FASEB BioAdvances

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The COVID-19 pandemic has blurred the traditional distinction between communicable diseases (CD) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The manifestations of COVID-19 range from an asymptomatic carrier state to fatal multiorgan failure. While initial reports did not report significant effects on the kidneys, it is now well established that kidney involvement (acute kidney injury, urinary abnormalities, tubular function defects) in COVID-19 is common and also associated with poorer outcomes. At the same time, care for patients with existing chronic kidney disease (CKD) has suffered during this pandemic and those with CKD are considered higher risk for severity of COVID-19 symptoms. Widespread lockdowns have affected the delivery of health care to patients with CKD, including those on dialysis or on transplant wait-lists. The pandemic has reinforced the need for accessible home-based therapies and highlighted the value of teleconsultation and remote monitoring technologies. COVID-19 has revealed the poor emergency preparedness by health systems around the world. It has underscored glaring inequities in availability of diagnostic tests and essential medications in different countries, including for dialysis. In response, there has been increasing recognition of the necessity of universal health coverage and in prioritizing vaccine distribution to serve the most vulnerable, including those with renal failure. The COVID-19 pandemic has also reaffirmed the role of the environment and ecosystems contributing to both CDs and NCDs. Attention to universal health coverage through a One Health approach is needed to prevent global health crises and prevent furtherkidney dysfunction and failure.

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“…Cities are at the heart of the COVID‐19 crisis in terms of transmission, impact, management, and recovery (Connolly, Ali, & Keil, 2020; Nathan, 2020). Not only are city authorities on the frontline (Acuto, 2020a) but cities have been repositioned as key sites of action and as “the ground zero of the Corona crisis” (LeVine, 2020), raising hope and concern about their governance during and beyond the pandemic.…”

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Urban governance innovation and COVID‐19

McGuirk

Dowling

Maalsen

et al. 2020

Geographical Research

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Emergencies such as COVID‐19 trigger calls for innovation and invoke forced experimentation. They can shift what is thinkable and thus licence social and institutional change, opening space wherein new sociopolitical arrangements might emerge. Cities are at the heart of the COVID‐19 emergency, in terms of impact, management, and solutions. This commentary considers the implications of COVID‐19 for urban governance innovation. Incrementally, innovation has become a “new normal” across multiple fields of social, economic, technological, and environmental endeavour as disruptive enhancements are sought to address complex problems: urban governance is no exception. In cities, diverse new ecosystems of innovative urban governance have been emerging with the potential to reshape the politics and parameters of urban decision making, produce new institutional settings, reconstitute cities' multiscalar relations, and invoke new forms of power. This commentary considers urban governance innovation in COVID times. Drawing from Australian and international examples, we reflect on the actors taking centre stage as cities' responses to the pandemic take shape and consider the governing mechanisms being evoked. As these innovations embed more deeply the distributed nature of urban governance, we close with thoughts on the risks and opportunities that COVID‐19 presents for seeking inclusive innovation in the field of urban governance.

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On the relationships between COVID-19 and extended urbanization

Cited by 115 publications

References 13 publications

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

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

COVID‐19 and care for patients with chronic kidney disease: Challenges and lessons

Urban governance innovation and COVID‐19

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