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dc.contributor.authorHong, Andy-
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarti, Sandip-
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-06T10:15:26Z-
dc.date.available2023-01-06T10:15:26Z-
dc.date.issued2022-12-14-
dc.identifier.citationHong, A., & Chakrabarti, S. (2022). Compact living or policy inaction? Effects of urban density and lockdown on the Covid-19 outbreak in the US. Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221127401/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/10.1177_00420980221127401-FIG2.JPEGen_US
dc.identifier.issn1360-063X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/26017-
dc.description.abstractThe coronavirus pandemic has reignited the debate over urban density. Popular media has been quick to blame density as a key contributor to rapid disease transmission, questioning whether compact cities are still a desirable planning goal. Past research on the density–pandemic connection have produced mixed results. This article offers a critical perspective on this debate by unpacking the effects of alternative measures of urban density, and examining the impacts of mandatory lockdowns and the stringency of other government restrictions on cumulative Covid-19 infection and mortality rates during the early phase of the pandemic in the US. Our results show a consistent positive effect of density on Covid-19 outcomes across urban areas during the first six months of the outbreak. However, we find modest variations in the density–pandemic relationship depending on how densities are measured. We also find relatively longer duration mandatory lockdowns to be associated with lower infection and mortality rates, and lockdown duration’s effect to be relatively more pronounced in high-density urban areas. Moreover, we find that the timing of lockdown imposition and the stringency of the government’s response additionally influence Covid-19 outcomes, and that the effects vary by urban density. We argue that the adverse impact of density on pandemics could be mitigated by adopting strict lockdowns and other stringent human mobility and interaction restriction policies in a spatially targeted manner. Our study helps to inform current and future government policies to contain the virus, and to make our cities more resilient against future shocks and threats.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUrban Studiesen_US
dc.subjectCompact livingen_US
dc.subjectUrban densityen_US
dc.subjectPolicy inactionen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectPandemicen_US
dc.subjectLockdownen_US
dc.titleCompact living or policy inaction? Effects of urban density and lockdown on the COVID-19 outbreak in the USen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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