Cities Under COVID-19: A Systems Perspective [electronic resource] / edited by Philippa Howden-Chapman, Franz Wilhelm Gatzweiler, Rachel Cooper, Isaac Luginaah.

Introduction -- COVID-19 in São Paulo -- Epidemiological insights, public health response and potential psycho-socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Douala: a population-based study -- Examining the response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the City of London and Middlesex County using a Systems Approach: What lessons can we learn? -- Urban factors influencing COVID-19 incidence under central-local interaction -- COVID-19 in Havana, Cuba 2020 -- Social and Industrial Clusters to support European cities under COVID-19: The impact of the European Alliance on Coronavirus actions -- How bright are the northern lights? Finnish welfare state and local responses to COVID-19 -- Coping Strategies, Response and Sustainable Future to Covid-19 in the capital of India, Delhi -- COVID-19 response of Biratnagar Metropolitan City - the second largest city in Nepal -- Aotearoa New Zealand cities under Covid-19: a systems perspective -- Coping with COVID-19 in Two Urban Communities in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria -- Non-State actors and COVID-19: Hamas as a Case study -- A case study of Colombo, Sri Lanka -- A case study of Lancaster, UK -- New York City and COVID-19 -- Conclusions.

The 15 international authors of this book live in Brazil, Canada, Cameroon, China, Cuba, European Union, Finland, Gaza Strip, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The authors are linked to the International Science Council's Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme. In this book the authors analyse the management of COVID-19, which started in late 2019, in their cities. They explain their city's political, social and economic context, the dynamics of how the pandemic unfolded, drawing on quantitative and visual data, and their reflections on how it was managed. The book concludes with an analysis of the similarities and differences among COVID-19 outcomes in these cities. Using a systems perspective to learn from these experiences can help all cities to improve the governance of pandemics and be better prepared for likely future ones.