The spread of the coronavirus pandemic offers a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of the role of urban planning strategies in general , and urban diversity in particular , in the resilience of urban communities confronting a pandemic . To this end we designed a comprehensive multi - stage methodology that analyzes the relationship between the level of neighborhood homogeneity with respect to the UO population ( as well as the JR and Arab ) population and the probability of being infected by the coronavirus , using detailed data spanning all neighborhoods in Israel .