Pandemic Urbanism Av S. Harris (York University Toronto) Ali, Creighton Connolly, Roger (York University Toronto) Keil

<p>Emerging infectious disease outbreaks have transformed the very nature of urban life worldwide, even as the extent and experience of pandemics are shaped by the planetary urban condition. <i>Pandemic Urbanism</i> critically investigates these relationships in a world faced with its first pandemic on a majority urban planet.</p><p>The authors reveal the social and historical context of recent infectious disease events and how they have variously transformed the urban fabric. They highlight the important role played by socio-ecological processes associated with the global urban periphery ¿ suburban or post-suburban zones and hinterland areas of ¿extended¿ urbanization ¿ changing mobility patterns, and new forms of urban governance and pandemic response. The book develops novel insights for post-pandemic urban governance and planning grounded in the quest for social and spatial justice. In doing so, it reveals a paradox at the heart of pandemic urbanism: urban life enables contagion to