Mega Regions and Pandemics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10833537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Adler (0000-0003-2772-5725, School of Cities Rotman School of Management University of Toronto 105 St. George Toronto Ontario M5S 3E6 Canada, corresponding author), Richard Florida (0000-0001-5899-7606, School of Cities Rotman School of Management University of Toronto 105 St. George Toronto Ontario M5S 3E6 Canada, corresponding author), Maxwell Hartt (0000-0003-1748-7890, Cardiff University Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff Wales CF103WA United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 465-481 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tesg.12449 |
| PMID | 32834149 |
| OpenAlex | W3040457335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 44 |
The ongoing COVID‐19 crisis has put the relationship between spatial structure and disease exposure into relief. Here, we propose that mega regions – clusters of metropolitan regions like the Acela Corridor in the United States are more exposed to diseases earlier in pandemics. We review standard accounts for the benefits and costs of locating in such regions before arguing that pandemic risk is higher there on average. We test this mega region exposure theory with a study of the US urban system. Our results indicate that American mega regions have born the early brunt of the disease, and that three mega regions are hotspots. From this standpoint, the extent more than the intensity of New York's urbanization may be implicated in its COVID‐19 experience. We conclude that early pandemic risk is a hitherto unrecognised diseconomy operating in mega regions
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Disease · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Mega · Megacity · Metropolitan area · Outbreak · Pandemic · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Urbanization · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Medicine · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Virology
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Globalisation
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Critical Commentary
The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies
Why Viirs data are superior to DMSP for mapping nighttime lights
Market potential, increasing returns and geographic concentration
Chapter 48 Micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies
The reproductive number of Covid-19 is higher compared to Sars coronavirus
Modified Seir and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of Covid-19 in China under public health interventions
Urban Growth and Transportation
Trade Integration, Market Size, and Industrialization
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented by US Cities During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic
World Health Organization declares global emergency
Night-Time Light Data
Covid-19 control in China during mass population movements at New Year
The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak
Evaluating the Ability of NPP-Viirs Nighttime Light Data to Estimate the Gross Domestic Product and the Electric Power Consumption of China at Multiple Scales
Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Outbreak in China
The rise of the mega-region
Placing Pandemics
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in Asia
From periphery to core
On economic geography in economic theory
Clusters and knowledge
Emerging megaregions
Global Cities and the Spread of Infectious Disease
Increasing Returns and Economic Geography
The, Market as a Factor in the Localization of Industry in the United States
The Geographical Spread of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
Extended urbanisation and the spatialities of infectious disease
Megalopolis or the Urbanization of the Northeastern Seaboard
Airline networks and the international diffusion of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars)
The slow plague
| Citations per year | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |