Dr Hanna Ruszczyk h.a.ruszczyk@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Urban health challenges: Lessons from COVID-19 responses
Ruszczyk, Hanna A.; Castán Broto, Vanesa; McFarlane, Colin
Authors
Vanesa Castán Broto
Professor Colin Mcfarlane colin.mcfarlane@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a re-examination of our societies and in particular urban health. We argue that urban health needs to address three inter-related challenge areas – the unequal impacts of climate change, changing patterns of urbanization, and the changing role of the local government – across multiple spatial scales: from individual, households to neighbourhoods, cities, and urban hinterlands. Urban health calls for nimble institutions to provide a range of responses while adapting to crisis situations, and which operate beyond any one spatial scale. We illustrate our argument by drawing on South and Southeast Asian examples where responses to the pandemic have confronted these challenges across scales. A multiscalar definition of urban health offers an opportunity to challenge dominant approaches to urban health in research, policy, and practice.
Citation
Ruszczyk, H. A., Castán Broto, V., & McFarlane, C. (2022). Urban health challenges: Lessons from COVID-19 responses. Geoforum, 131, 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.03.003
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 7, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 24, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-05 |
Deposit Date | Apr 13, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 17, 2022 |
Journal | Geoforum |
Print ISSN | 0016-7185 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 131 |
Pages | 105-115 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.03.003 |
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