Author(s): Monteiro, João ; Sousa, Nuno ; Pais, Filipe ; Coutinho-Rodrigues, João ; Natividade-Jesus, Eduardo
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113856
Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
Subject(s): COVID-1; town & city planning; transport planning; UN SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities; UN SDG 3: Good health and well-being
For the past few years, the world has been facing one of the worst pandemics of modern times. The COVID-19 outbreak joined a long list of infectious diseases that turned pandemic, and it will most likely leave scars and change how humans live, plan and manage urban space and its infrastructures. Many fields of science were called into action to mitigate the impacts of this pandemic, including spatial and transport planning. Given the large number of papers recently published in these research areas, it is time to carry out an overview of the knowledge produced, and synthesising, systematising and critically analysing it. This paper aims to review how the urban layout, accessibility and mobility influence the spread of a virus in an urban environment and what solutions exist or have been proposed to create a more effective and less intrusive response to pandemics. This review is split into two avenues of research: spatial planning and transport planning, including the direct and indirect impact on the environment and sustainability.
Prémios Semente I&D Santander - Universidade de Coimbra
