Resilient urban form to pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19
Azadeh Lak, Shideh Shakouri Asl, Ali Maher
Abstract
The worldwide emergence of future pandemics emphasizes the need to assess the pandemic resilient urban form to prevent infectious disease transmission during this epidemic. According to the lessons of the COVID-19 outbreak, this study aimed to review the current strategies of responding to pandemics through disaster risk management (DRM) to develop a pandemic-resilient urban form in phases of response, mitigation, and preparedness.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicPreparednessEmergency managementEnvironmental planningGeographyPublic healthPolitical scienceResilience (materials science)Environmental resource managementBusinessCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Infectious disease (medical specialty)MedicineDiseaseNursingEnvironmental sciencePathologyThermodynamicsLawPhysicsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 impact on air qualityCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts