Reflections on COVID-19 in Cities: Connecting Extreme Poverty, Resilience, and Prosperity

Reflections on COVID-19 in Cities: Connecting Extreme Poverty, Resilience, and Prosperity

The transmission of the coronavirus is determined by the organisation of societies; by the flows of goods and people, of knowledge and resources. Covid-19 reveals the metabolic natures of health and pathogens, of food and waste, of air and space. It lays bare the relational qualities of mobility and communication, of safety and security, of power, privilege, and freedoms.