The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic motivated this paper, which revisits the nexus
of public health and the city, itself a main source of a pandemic which similarly threatens the …

Pandemics have shaped the way cities are planned and configured. Throughout history,
cities have evolved to solve problems of sanitation, hygiene, and health access while …

The essay critically addresses several solutions and strategies for tackling urban
inequalities to uphold the recent “right to the 'healthy'city” spatial paradigm based on early …

Many times in these editorials over the last 30years have I speculated on how we might think
about cities in terms of their dynamics. The central constructs in such thinking involve ways …

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a number of changes in the functioning of urban areas
all over the world and had a visible impact on the use of green infrastructure, including city …

Fundamental principles of modern cities and urban planning are challenged during the
COVID-19 pandemic, such as the advantages of large city size, high density, mass transport …

This paper investigates the problems and stresses of the contemporary city, mainly due to
natural and health factors, related to climate change and the pandemic COVID19. Besides …

This exploratory essay aims to provide a reflection on the possible implications of the COVID-
19 pandemic for urban development and to sketch a plausible picture of the urban future. It …

The COVID-19 crisis has changed the face of many of our cities and questioned how we
should manage urban life in the wake of a pandemic. This Commentary points to the need to …

For the first time in history, states and governments almost worldwide have issued two
national orders, which are spatially oriented practices aimed at combating the spread of the …