Public health in times of crisis: An overlooked variable in city management theories?

Machado, Celso; Ribeiro, Daielly Melina Nassif Mantovani; Viana, Adriana Backx Noronha

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102671

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“…A healthy, educated, and motivated population is essential to increase community resilience [ 115 , 116 ]. The Mental Health Foundation, emphasizing people as the main part of communities, introduced psychological health, physical well-being, and social vitality (social health) as the three main characteristics of citizens in a resilient community [ 117 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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

Suleimany

Mokhtarzadeh²,

Sharifi

2022

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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

Suleimany

Mokhtarzadeh²,

Sharifi

2022

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…Taken together, these findings provide valuable insights on how to respond to such altered situation. The following sub-sections therefore discuss policy implicationsmainly related to transport planning, but also with relevance to urban planning and managing cities in general (Junior, Ribeiro, & Viana, 2021).…”

Section: Transport Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity

Hasselwander

Tamagusko

Bigotte

et al. 2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…(2020), as the exposure to unprecedented situations such as the Covid-19 crisis demonstrated "the uncertainties and perplexities of urban governance, both in terms of time and effectiveness". According to Machado et al (2021), the volume of studies approaching the cities' actions in the management of crises generated by infectious diseases is estimated as "modest". Calzada (2021) discusses the implications of data-centered approaches in the post-Covid era, with a focus on people-centered smart cities.…”

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The role of data platforms in COVID-19 crisis: a smart city perspective

Radu

Popescul

2022

AJIM

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PurposeThe Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly affected urban communities, generating the need for an immediate response from local governance. The availability of urban data platforms in some smart cities helped the relevant actors to develop various solutions in an innovative and highly contextual way. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of data platforms in smart cities in the context of the Covid-19 crisis.Design/methodology/approachA total of 85 studies were identified using the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science electronic library. After applying exclusion and inclusion criteria, 61 publications were considered appropriate and reasonable for the research, being read in-depth. Finally, only 52 studies presented relevant information for the topic and were synthesized following the defined research questions. During the research, the authors included in the paper other interesting references found in selected articles and important information regarding the role of data in the fight against Covid-19 in smart cities available on the Internet and social media, with the intention to capture both academic and practical perspectives.FindingsThe authors' main conclusion suggests that based on their previous expertise in collecting, processing and analyzing data from multiple sources, some smart cities quickly adapted their data platforms for an efficient response against Covid-19. The results highlight the importance of open data, data sharing, innovative thinking, the collaboration between public and private stakeholders, and the participation of citizens, especially in these difficult times.Practical implicationsThe city managers and data operators can use the presented case studies and findings to identify relevant data-driven smart solutions in the fight against Covid-19 or another crisis.Social implicationsThe performance of smart cities is a social concern since the population of urban communities is continuously growing. By reviewing the adoption of information technologies-based solutions to improve the quality of citizens' life, the paper emphasizes their potential in societies in which information technology is embedded, especially during a major crisis.Originality/valueThis research re-emphasizes the importance of collecting data in smart cities, the role of the diversity of their sources and the necessity of citizens, companies and government synergetic involvement, especially in a pandemic context. The existence of smart solutions to process and extract information and knowledge from large data sets was essential for many actors involved in smart cities, helping them in the decision-making process. Based on previous expertise, some smart cities quickly adapted their data platforms for an efficient response against Covid-19. The paper analyzes also these success cases that can be considered models to be adopted by other municipalities in similar circumstances.

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Public health in times of crisis: An overlooked variable in city management theories?

Cited by 18 publications

References 67 publications

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

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

Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity

The role of data platforms in COVID-19 crisis: a smart city perspective

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