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Modelling Pandemic Impacts in Space

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
01 March 2022
Submission deadline
Ongoing
Years have passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As we are gradually adapted to the new normal, it is time to reflect on the longer-term impacts of the pandemic to our economy and society. While some people consider the pandemic a game changer, which fundamentally changes how society functions and people behave, some contend that its impacts are transitory. This collection sheds light on the evolution of pandemics and its consequences for society. Following an evidence-based approach, articles in the collection focus on and evaluate different aspects of pandemics – their spread, impacts and prevention from an urban or regional perspective.

Editors

  • Pui-Hang Wong Pui-Hang Wong , 

    Pui-Hang Wong

    Pui-Hang Wong is a development economist with a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. He has published papers on various topics related to wellbeing, regional development, migration and conflict psychology. His current research applies computational methods such as machine learning models to study ageing, mobility and health behaviours. He works at Maastricht University and UNU-MERIT, United Nations University in the Netherlands.

  • Karima Kourtit Karima Kourtit  &

    Karima Kourtit

    Karima Kourtit is at the Open University of the Netherlands. Her main scientific research is in the field of creative industries, urban development, cultural heritage, digital technology, and strategic performance management. She has been an editor of several books and guest editor for many international journals, and has published a wide array of scientific articles, papers, special issues of journals and edited volumes in the field of geography and the spatial sciences. She is also managing director of The Regional Science Academy.

  • Peter Nijkamp Peter Nijkamp

    Peter Nijkamp

    Peter Nijkamp is emeritus Professor in regional & urban economics and in economic geography at the VU University and associated with The Open University of the Netherlands and the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania). He has published more than 2000 articles and books about regional development, urban growth, transport and the environment. He is a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, vice-president of The Regional Science Academy and has served as president of the governing board of the Netherlands Research Council. In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza award.

Articles (17 in this collection)