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Id 2761
Author Askarizad R.; He J.
Title Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment
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Askarizad R.; He J. Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment,Cities 124

Keywords architectural design; COVID-19; disease control; disease spread; epidemic; future prospect; mental health; pandemic; space use; urban design
Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124179235&doi=10.1016%2fj.cities.2022.103618&partnerID=40&md5=1c1b007db1e6874243c7e39d8433436d
Abstract The previous arguments in respect to the COVID-19 pandemic tend to support the lockdown and closure policy in order to prevent widespread infection of the epidemic within urban spaces. Using semi-structured interviews, the present study identifies that there are some serious consequences by adopting this policy due to the indispensable social interactions and uncooperative attitude of the general public to the harsh isolation approaches. These negative impacts on people's psychological health are partly caused by the inflexible urban design of the built environment in the pre-pandemic period. To create a balance between social distancing and social interactions within urban spaces, the paper proposes a general framework of post-pandemic street furniture design. It provides an innovative approach using a grid-based method, which can be applied to other cities across the world in order to deal with the potential analogous pandemic perils in the future. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd

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DOI 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103618
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