A systematic approach is needed to contain COVID-19 globally

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
² Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. Electronic address: bfu@rcees.ac.cn.

Wenwu Zhao et al. Sci Bull (Beijing). 2020.

. 2020 Jun 15;65(11):876-878.

doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.03.024. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

¹ State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
² Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. Electronic address: bfu@rcees.ac.cn.

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