City Design and the Transmission of COVID-19

Abstract

This chapter explores the influence of these land-use characteristics in each of the city designs on the transmission of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and hence the number of positive cases of COVID-19. It describes the role of city design with respect to the transmission of COVID-19 and particularly, on transmission of the virus in cities identified with high density road networks and public transit. The chapter discusses the potential policy implications arising from certain city designs and infectious disease out-breaks. The travel restriction on January 23, 2020, in Wuhan City and the following lock-down in the whole Hubei Province and nearby cities managed to slow the transmission of t..