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COVID-19 in New York City as an Extreme Event: The Disruption and Resumption of the Global City

Steven Cohen

Steven Cohen

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA

School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, 2970 Broadway, MC 4119, New York, NY 10027, USA

The Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2910 Broadway, Level A, Mail Code 3277, New York, NY 10025, USA

E-mail Address: sc32@columbia.edu

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345737621500032Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

This article is part of the issue:

Special Issue on COVID-19 as an Extreme Event in the New York Metropolitan Region (Part 1)
Editors: Peter J. Marcotullio and William D. Solecki

Abstract

This paper discusses the need for public health infrastructure to address COVID-19 and future pandemics. It then links this need to the centrality of the global economy, and finally to the maintenance of density required for environmentally sustainable cities.

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