Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Canvassing Opinion from Planning Professionals

Abstract

By the end of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had exceeded 83 million cases worldwide Given the shared origins of planning and public health, new living and social conditions have prompted an interest in how urban planning could respond to the pandemic’s associated implications In 2020, a national online survey Plan My Australia was conducted\xa0among planning experts (n\xa0=\xa0161), in part, to identify new challenges facing urban planning and design due to the pandemic The findings reported here revealed that many experts identified better planning for future pandemics in Australia could require some reconsideration of city size, urban density, self-sufficiency, public transport use, open space provision and housing design [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Planning Practice & Research is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder s express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )