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Urbanization and COVID‐19 Prevalence in India

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The research questions we answer in this paper pertain to the socio‐economic determinants of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), the relationship between urbanization, urban primacy, the proportion of households in slums, urban poverty, health infrastructure, open spaces in cities and COVID prevalence, in India. We find that urbanization, higher workforce participation, higher population density and higher income lead to increased Covid prevalence. We find a positive relationship between urban primacy, slum households and COVID‐19, and a negative association between health infrastructure, parks and COVID‐19. Cities should develop and maintain not only hospital infrastructure such as beds, but also parks in the post‐pandemic world. Las preguntas de investigación a las que respondemos en este artículo se relacionan con los determinantes socioeconómicos de la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID‐19), la relación entre la urbanización, la primacía urbana, la proporción de hogares en barrios marginales, la pobreza urbana, la infraestructura sanitaria, los espacios abiertos en las ciudades y la prevalencia de COVID, en la India. Se encontró que la urbanización, una mayor participación de la fuerza laboral, una mayor densidad de población y mayores ingresos conducen a una mayor prevalencia de COVID. Se encontró una relación positiva entre la primacía urbana, los hogares de barrios marginales y COVID‐19, y una asociación negativa entre la infraestructura sanitaria, los parques y COVID‐19. En el mundo post‐pandémico, las ciudades deberían desarrollar y mantener no sólo infraestructuras hospitalarias, como las camas, sino también los parques. 本稿では、インドにおける新型コロナウイルス感染症 (COVID‐19)の社会経済的決定因子に関連する研究課題、すなわち、都市化、都市の優位性、スラム世帯の割合、都市貧困、健康インフラ、都市のオープンスペース、COVID‐19の罹患率、以上の関連性を解明する。都市化、より高い労働参加率、より高い人口密度及びより高い所得がCOVID‐19の罹患率の増加につながることが分かった。その結果、都市の優位性、スラム世帯、COVID‐19には正の関連性があり、保健インフラ、公園、COVID‐19には負の関連性があることがわかった。COVID‐19のパンデミック後の世界では、都市は病床数などの医療インフラだけでなく公園も開発し維持しなければならない。

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  • Kala S. Sridhar, 2023. "Urbanization and COVID‐19 Prevalence in India," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(3), pages 493-505, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:493-505
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12503
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