Cities Under COVID-19: A Systems Perspective

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.

Philippa Howden-Chapman, a sesquicentennial distinguished professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, is a co-director of He Kainga Oranga/ Housing and Health Research Programme and the director of the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities. She conducts randomized community housing trials in partnership with local communities, which have had a major influence on housing, urban policy and health. Her work focuses on reducing inequalities in the determinants of health and wellbeing. She is a director on the board of the Crown Entity Kainga Ora-homes and communities, a fellow of the Royal Society of NZ and a chair of the International Science Council Committee, Urban Health and Wellbeing: a systems approach. She has received numerous awards, including the Prime Minister's Science Team Prize and the Royal Society of NZ Rutherford Medal. She was awarded a Queen's Service Order and a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit for contributions to public health.

Franz Wilhelm Gatzweiler is a professor at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the executive director of the International Science Council's global interdisciplinary science programme on 'Urban Health and Wellbeing: a Systems Approach'. He studied agricultural and institutional economics at the University of Bonn and the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany. His research focus was on the 'Economic Value of Nature and the Nature of Economic Value'. He has been a coordinating chapter lead author for UNEP's report on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity and recently UNDRR's next Global Assessment Report on Governance of Systemic Risks. He is a senior fellow at the Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn, and an external affiliated faculty of the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University. He received his habilitation from Humboldt University in the field of resource economics. His current research interests