Safety Risks of Urban Spatial Agglomeration and Their Prevention and Control: Based on the Prevention and Control of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Jiahua Pan
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Jiahua Pan: Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, F8, MCC Tower, 28 Shuguangxili, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100028, China2University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 11 Changyu Street, Fangshan District, Beijing 102488, China

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), 2020, vol. 08, issue 01, 1-11

Abstract: The rampant spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is worth examining from different angles. From the angle of urban spatial patterns and urban morphology, urban spatial agglomeration, polarization of spatial patterns, and the concept of centralization adopted in planning urban space are objective conditions that have aggravated the pandemic. This paper examines the mechanisms and effects that may have helped the spread of the pandemic. Considering the rapid spread and severe outcome of the coronavirus disease due to the spatial agglomeration of urban population, it is required to make a trade-off among economic, ecological and safe rationalities, and put safe rationality first.

Keywords: COVID-19; urban space; urban security; risks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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