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Density and the Spread of COVID-19 in Cities: Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom

In: European Cities After COVID-19

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  • Felipe Carozzi

    (London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment)

  • Sandro Provenzano

    (London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment)

  • Sefi Roth

    (London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment)

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss how population density, the defining feature of cities, shaped the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic by taking a look at cities in the United States and the United Kingdom. In both countries the spatial distribution of case deaths was similar. Large and dense global cities such as London or New York were hit first by COVID-19. But as the epidemics unfolded, the relationship between density and accumulated COVID-19-related deaths progressively flattened out to the point of disappearing almost completely by the end of the year. The findings illustrated here cast doubts on the widely held notion that COVID-19-related health risks were higher in dense cities throughout 2020.

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  • Felipe Carozzi & Sandro Provenzano & Sefi Roth, 2022. "Density and the Spread of COVID-19 in Cities: Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom," Future of Business and Finance, in: Tobias Just & Franziska Plößl (ed.), European Cities After COVID-19, pages 107-115, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:fuobcp:978-3-030-89788-8_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89788-8_9
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