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. 2020 Apr 24;2(4):317-319.
doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.004. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

COVID-19: Lessons for an Urban(izing) World

Michele Acuto  1
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COVID-19: Lessons for an Urban(izing) World

Michele Acuto. One Earth. .

Abstract

The COVID-19 crisis has changed the face of many of our cities and questioned how we should manage urban life in the wake of a pandemic. This Commentary points to the need to learn urban governance lessons and to the potential value of urban experimentation in crisis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author is a member of the Expert Commission of Fondation Botnar and receives funding from the Open Society Foundations and the UK government.

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