How urban 'informality' can inform response to COVID-19: a research agenda for the future.
Hist Philos Life Sci
; 43(1): 6, 2021 Jan 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1064665
ABSTRACT
In the era of increasingly defined ontological insecurity and uncertainty driven by the ravages of COVID-19, urban informal settlement has emerged as a source of resilience. Indeed, the effects of a pandemic transcends its epidemiological characteristics to political economy and societal resilience. If resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt successfully to significant challenges that threaten the function or development of the human society, then ontological insecurity is about the lack of such capacity. Drawing on Keith Hartian's understanding of 'informality' of spaces, this policy brief attempts to identify and frame a research agenda for the future. The agenda would assist future researchers and policymakers provide responses that appropriately recognize groups and actors that define the urban informal space.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urban Population
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Pandemics
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Hist Philos Life Sci
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S40656-020-00362-7
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