The social and economic impacts of Covid-19, as well as the impacts of the Covid-19 policy, are explored by examining the impact of the urban health policy responses on the economy of cities and, directly and indirectly, on the supply chain distribution The book stresses the importance of building infectious disease modelling datasets for public (urban) health and the role of computing tools, open data, citizens scientific initiatives in this process The book finds that it is important to understand the correlation between data technology, urban health, and the political economy in order for any government to select a model for a holistic approach to health forecasting and come up with a rapid measures
Zaheer Allam. Surveying the Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Implications – Urban Health, Data Technology and Political Economy