Urban public health emergencies and the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 2

Infrastructures, urban governance and civil society

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ID10862011
AuthorsYingling Fan (0000-0003-0500-4804, University of Minnesota), Scott Orford (0000-0001-8517-4752, Cardiff University, corresponding author), P Hubbard (0000-0001-7504-5471, King's College London)
Year2023
Volume60
Issue9
Pages1535-1547
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00420980231170741
PMID37416834
OpenAlexW4382402579
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited43

COVID-19 had sudden and dramatic impacts on the organisation and governance of urban life. In Part 2 of this Special Issue on public health emergencies we question the extent to which the pandemic ushered in fundamentally new understandings of urban public health, noting that ideas of urban pathology and the relation of dirt, disease and danger in cities, have long informed practices of planning. Emphasising important continuities in the way pandemics are associated with minoritised and vulnerable groups, past and present, we note that public health initiatives can often exacerbate existing health divides, and actually deepen health crises. Against this, we document the emergence of participatory, community-led responses to the pandemic that offered the promise of more inclusive urban policy, often characterised by self-organisation. While we argue that any public health policy needs to be mindful of local contingencies, the promise of inclusive policies is that they will lead to healthier cities for all, not simply protect the health of the wealthy few

Business · Citizen journalism · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Corporate governance · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Urban planning · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Medicine · Public Administration

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