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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
COVID-19, Cities and Health: A View from New York
Authors : Jo Ivey Boufford, Anthony Shih
Published in: Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme
Publisher: Springer Singapore
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Abstract
Population density is one of the defining characteristics of cities and is also one of the dominant challenges in addressing COVID-19 and likely future pandemics. In normal times, urban density allows for cost-effective service delivery, acts as a magnet for jobs and the generation of wealth, and nurtures innovation. Coupled with diversity—another core characteristic of cities—urban density also yields the cultural variety in urban neighbourhoods, fosters global connections and makes cities like New York attractive and exciting.