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Melissa García-Lamarca. Photo.

Melissa García

Associate senior lecturer

Melissa García-Lamarca. Photo.

The COVID-19 pandemic : power and privilege, gentrification, and urban environmental justice in the global north

Author

  • Helen V.S. Cole
  • Isabelle Anguelovski
  • Francesc Baró
  • Melissa García-Lamarca
  • Panagiota Kotsila
  • Carmen Pérez del Pulgar
  • Galia Shokry
  • Margarita Triguero-Mas

Summary, in English

Planetary urbanization exacerbates the spread of infectious disease and the emergence of pandemics. As COVID-19 cases continue to swell in cities around the world, the pandemic has visibilized urban health inequities. In the Global North, emerging trends show that lower income residents are often at greater risk for infection and death due to COVID-19, due in part to inequitable living, working and environmental conditions. We explore the underlying causes and potential long-term implications of the health inequities exemplified by outbreaks of COVID-19 in the context of evolving patterns of urban development, drawing from theories of urban environmental justice and gentrification.

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

71-75

Publication/Series

Cities and Health

Volume

5

Issue

sup1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Human Geography
  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • environmental justice
  • gentrification

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2374-8834