Download or read book How Pandemics Shape the Metropolitan Space written by Barbara Rief Vernay and published by LIT Verlag. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the impact of the recent global health crisis on the urban development of Vienna and Tokyo. Contributions from fields such as regional, landscape, or transport planning as well as urban sociology and cultural anthropology illustrate that, in these capitals, the effects of the pandemic on urban space have been both immediate and long-term. At the same time, they show that historical and cultural contexts influence the way cities have dealt with the challenges posed by COVID-19.