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Neurological constructs are being applied in various fields;within urban studies and built environments, neurourbanism stands out. To understand this concept, this study seeks to conduct a scientometric analysis of the concept of neurourbanism. To do so, we gauged the intellectual structure and clarified the influencers and emerging themes while seeking to identify essential gaps in neurourbanism research in urban studies and the built environment. Data were sorted from Dimensions Artificial Intelligence platform because of its reliability in providing the needed dataset accurately, and the Citespace software was used to analyze the data. Our results suggest plurality in explaining the risk factors in urbanicity research, particularly regarding prevalence, incidence, and the general cause of psychosis in urban living. The study also shows that players in the construction sector, such as engineers, town planners, and developers, have not fully grasped how the built environment assists in improving well-being, reducing stress levels of urbanists, assisting migrants in settling into the community, and the general mental wellness of those who live in the city. The study also identified a correlation between urbanization and mental health and added that the main recipient of rapid urban transformation countries does not show leadership in neurourbanism studies.
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Some economies are shrinking, while others are experiencing downtime due to the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic. Social integration and rural development are weakened in municipalities in South Africa as a result of government mediated approach for reducing the curve of the Coronavirus disease, such as a lockdown. This paper assesses the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on Airbnb performance between May 2017 and April 2020 in 17 cities in Cape Town neighbourhood with a focus on the COVID-19 era January 1-April 30, 2020. Our finding demonstrates that COVID-19 did not have a significant effect on Airbnb performance in Cape Town. However, policies for flattering the COVID-19 curve, such as lockdown which brought about travel restrictions, depleted international and local guests significantly and reduced the revenue of Airbnb by over 200 million Rands in a month March to April 2020 in 17 cities in the Cape Town neighbourhood. © 2021. Academy of Strategic Management Journal. All Rights Reserved.