COVID-19, cities and inequality

H Li, YD Wei - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has changed our lives and will likely leave a lasting imprint on our cities. This
paper reviews how the pandemic has altered the way people commute, work, collaborate …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Reframing urban and regional 'development'for 'left behind'places

D MacKinnon, L Kempton, P O'Brien… - … Journal of Regions …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The recent wave of populism has focused attention on 'left behind'places as hotspots of
discontent. Seeking to remedy their neglect in urban and regional studies, the aim of this …

Satellite mapping of urban built-up heights reveals extreme infrastructure gaps and inequalities in the Global South

Y Zhou, X Li, W Chen, L Meng, Q Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Information on urban built-up infrastructure is essential to understand the role of cities in
shaping environmental, economic, and social outcomes. The lack of data on built-up heights …

Urban density and COVID-19

F Carozzi - 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper estimates the link between population density and COVID-19 spread and
severity in the contiguous United States. To overcome confounding factors, we use two …

Promoting or inhibiting? New-type urbanization and urban carbon emissions efficiency in China

W Chen, G Wang, N Xu, M Ji, J Zeng - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban carbon emissions lead to increases in global carbon emissions; consequently,
meeting targets for low carbon emissions is a difficult problem in the context of urbanization …

Will coronavirus cause a big city exodus?

M Nathan, H Overman - … and Planning B: Urban Analytics and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
What does the pandemic mean for the future of cities? We've seen predictions that COVID-
19 is an 'extinction-level event'for expensive, commuter-driven urban cores. We've also seen …

The role of population agglomeration played in China's carbon intensity: A city-level analysis

Y Yan, J Huang - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Population agglomeration is an important foundation for urban development, and
continuous reductions in carbon emissions need to be considered by urban development …

[HTML][HTML] Working from home: Too much of a good thing?

K Behrens, S Kichko, JF Thisse - Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
We develop a general equilibrium model with skilled workers who can and unskilled
workers who cannot work from home (WFH). Firms choose the amount of time they require …

Urban planning in the 15-minute city: Revisited under sustainable and smart city developments until 2030

G Pozoukidou, M Angelidou - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
The 15-minute-city concept represents an increasingly popular urban policymaking and
planning paradigm that seeks to shift attention to the neighborhood as a “place” rather …