Thread by @ozlem_altinkaya, "But if we’re going to have cities and the coronavirus, maybe the [...]

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"But if we’re going to have cities and the coronavirus, maybe the future is 1922, not 2022." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/opinion/cities-density-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share

Planners once dreamed of cities with vast empty plazas and quiet streets. Post-pandemic, might they do so again?

several counter-arguments on the urban density-COVID relationship https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/will-covid-19-spell-the-end-of-urban-density-dont-bet-on-it/

While crowded sidewalks and packed subways are obvious vulnerabilities, cities also have remarkable resilience in the face of pandemics.

urban density: friend or enemy of the virus? the debate will be with us for a long time it seems... https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/urban-density-not-enemy-coronavirus-fight-evidence-china

Making a link between a city’s density and its vulnerability to epidemics may seem like an obvious connection. But it may, in fact, be off the mark.

I will put together different opinions on the urban density - COVİD relationship under this thread... open to suggestions..

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