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. 2020 Oct:61:102350.
doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102350. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Antivirus-built environment: Lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic

Naglaa A Megahed  1 , Ehab M Ghoneim  2
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Antivirus-built environment: Lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic

Naglaa A Megahed et al. Sustain Cities Soc. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Before developing medications for an epidemic, one solution is to go back to the physical and built environment to reduce its impact. Epidemics have transformed our built environment because of the fear of infection. Consequently, architecture and urbanism after the Covid-19 epidemic will never be the same. Although the current global epidemic poses a challenge at all levels in the built environment, it will take time to develop an antivirus-enabled paradigm to reduce the potential risks or stop the virus from spreading. This study imagines what the antivirus-built environment looks like based on the lessons learned and the importance of designing a healthy and sustainable built environment. Many unanswered questions require further multidisciplinary studies. We aim to search for answers and learn from this forced experiment to add additional security layers to overcome future virus-like attacks.

Keywords: Antivirus; Architecture; Built environment; COVID-19; Post-pandemic; Social distancing; Urbanism.

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Conflict of interest statement

The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Social distancing and lockdown reflections and their links to the variables under research.
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The proposed vision about the future of the antivirus-built environment.
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