Towards building resilient cities to pandemics: A review of COVID-19 literature

M Amirzadeh, S Sobhaninia, ST Buckman… - Sustainable cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the global prevalence of COVID-19 disease, the concept of urban resilience against
pandemics has drawn the attention of a wide range of researchers, urban planners, and …

Effects of the built environment and human factors on the spread of COVID-19: A systematic literature review

M Alidadi, A Sharifi - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Soon after its emergence, COVID-19 became a global problem. While different types of
vaccines and treatments are now available, still non-pharmacological policies play a critical …

[HTML][HTML] Nature's contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

SM Labib, MHEM Browning, A Rigolon… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
While COVID-19 lockdowns have slowed coronavirus transmission, such structural
measures also have unintended consequences on mental and physical health. Growing …

The effect of population mobility on COVID-19 incidence in 314 Latin American cities: a longitudinal ecological study with mobile phone location data

JL Kephart, X Delclòs-Alió, DA Rodríguez… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Little is known about the effect of changes in mobility at the subcity level on
subsequent COVID-19 incidence, which is particularly relevant in Latin America, where …

Urban attributes and the spread of COVID-19: The effects of density, compliance and socio-political factors in Israel

N Barak, U Sommer, N Mualam - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Current debates identifying urban population density as a major catalyst for the spread of
COVID-19, and the praise for de-densification and urban sprawl that they entail, may have …

Beyond the blame game: Unraveling the complex relationship between density and COVID-19 through a systematic literature review

M Alidadi, A Sharifi - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
Density has gained considerable attention in policy and scientific discourses since the
emergence of COVID-19. In the early days, density was blamed as a negative factor that …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical, sociodemographic and environmental factors impact post-COVID-19 syndrome

JC Ferreira, TCL Moreira, AL de Araújo… - Journal of Global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Sociodemographic and environmental factors are associated with incidence,
severity, and mortality of COVID-19. However, little is known about the role of such factors in …

Population-weighted exposure to green spaces tied to lower COVID-19 mortality rates: A nationwide dose-response study in the USA

Y Yang, Y Lu, B Jiang - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge loss of human life globally. However, few
studies investigated the link between exposure to green space and risk of COVID-19 …

Five waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and green–blue spaces in urban and rural areas in Poland

R Suligowski, T Ciupa - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Several waves of COVID-19 caused by different SARS-CoV-2 variants have been recorded
worldwide. During this period, many publications were released describing the influence of …

[HTML][HTML] Where are the people? Counting people in millions of street-level images to explore associations between people's urban density and urban characteristics

F Garrido-Valenzuela, O Cats… - … , Environment and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
A thorough understanding of how urban space characteristics, such as urban equipment or
network topology, affect people's density in urban spaces is essential to well-informed urban …