Density and pandemic urbanism: Exposure and networked density in Manila and Taipei

Hung-Ying Chen, Colin McFarlane and Priyam Tripathy
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Hung-Ying Chen: National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Colin McFarlane: Durham University, UK
Priyam Tripathy: Ecole d’urbanisme de Paris, France

Urban Studies, 2024, vol. 61, issue 8, 1526-1544

Abstract: Density has been a key focus in research on the urban dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of this work has debated the role of density in infection rates. In contrast, we develop a comparison of the management of pandemic urbanism in two high density Asian cities with divergent pandemic experiences: Manila and Taipei. To pursue the comparison, we develop two conceptualisations of density: exposure density and networked density . Our approach allows us to examine the nature and consequences, especially for the urban poor, of different approaches to density in the pandemic, and to advance research on urban density.

Keywords: Density; exposure risk; Manila; network topology; pandemic urbanism; Taipei; 密度; 接触风险; 马尼拉; 网络拓扑; åŸŽå¸‚æµ è¡Œç—…å­¦; å °åŒ— (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980231211011

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