Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19
With growing impacts on public health systems and economies across the world, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, we need to reflect on some of the early lessons for urban resilience enhancement. In this paper, a brief discussion is made through several recommendations that could make our...
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| description | With growing impacts on public health systems and economies across the world, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, we need to reflect on some of the early lessons for urban resilience enhancement. In this paper, a brief discussion is made through several recommendations that could make our cities more prepared specially in the probable future waves of this current outbreak or potential spikes in infections or clustered cases. The experiences from global examples highlighted in this study address what has worked in the past few months at the spatial levels of communities and cities. The COVID-19 outbreak highlighted the deficiencies and shortfall across multiple sectors of the urban systems and enabled us to identify risks, challenges, and pathways to better city management. With regard to urban resilience enhancement, the negative impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak are assessed to suggest a checklist of what could be done through early preparedness. The findings are novel in ongoing research related to urban resilience and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The early lessons here reflect on the ongoing situation of this pandemic outbreak, but could effectually help to enhance the resilience of our cities and communities, and especially addressing the protection of public health and societal well-being. The findings contribute to major sectors of urban resilience, city management, and public health. The recommendations from this study could be utilised and adapted in any context, allowing for the consideration of all-inclusive decision-making and much-enhanced planning processes. |
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| spelling | nottingham-638412020-11-18T01:24:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63841/ Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 Cheshmehzangi, Ali With growing impacts on public health systems and economies across the world, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, we need to reflect on some of the early lessons for urban resilience enhancement. In this paper, a brief discussion is made through several recommendations that could make our cities more prepared specially in the probable future waves of this current outbreak or potential spikes in infections or clustered cases. The experiences from global examples highlighted in this study address what has worked in the past few months at the spatial levels of communities and cities. The COVID-19 outbreak highlighted the deficiencies and shortfall across multiple sectors of the urban systems and enabled us to identify risks, challenges, and pathways to better city management. With regard to urban resilience enhancement, the negative impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak are assessed to suggest a checklist of what could be done through early preparedness. The findings are novel in ongoing research related to urban resilience and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The early lessons here reflect on the ongoing situation of this pandemic outbreak, but could effectually help to enhance the resilience of our cities and communities, and especially addressing the protection of public health and societal well-being. The findings contribute to major sectors of urban resilience, city management, and public health. The recommendations from this study could be utilised and adapted in any context, allowing for the consideration of all-inclusive decision-making and much-enhanced planning processes. Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2020-10-29 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63841/1/Reflection%20on%20Early%20Lessons%20for%20Urban%20Resilience%20and%20Public%20Health%20Enhancement%20during%20the%20COVID-19.pdf Cheshmehzangi, Ali (2020) Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19. Health, 12 (10). pp. 1390-1408. ISSN 1949-4998 Urban Resilience; Resilience Enhancement; Pandemic Outbreak; Public Health; COVID-19 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2020.1210101 doi:10.4236/health.2020.1210101 doi:10.4236/health.2020.1210101 |
| spellingShingle | Urban Resilience; Resilience Enhancement; Pandemic Outbreak; Public Health; COVID-19 Cheshmehzangi, Ali Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 |
| title | Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 |
| title_full | Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 |
| title_short | Reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the COVID-19 |
| title_sort | reflection on early lessons for urban resilience and public health enhancement during the covid-19 |
| topic | Urban Resilience; Resilience Enhancement; Pandemic Outbreak; Public Health; COVID-19 |
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