Open AccessHow can Urban Planners Address Emerging Zoonoses? A Scoping Review of Recommended Interventions
Author(s) -
Vignesh Murugesan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
urbana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2151-1896
DOI - 10.47785/urbana.4.2020
Subject(s) - environmental planning , sanitation , urban planning , urbanization , geography , environmental resource management , political science , economic growth , medicine , engineering , civil engineering , environmental science , pathology , economics
Emerging zoonotic diseases (EZD) like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, and Ebola have highlighted the need for incorporating emerging zoonoses considerations in urban planning practice. To mainstream EZD in urban planning, this scoping review collates recommendations from across disciplines to provide directions to city planners and policymakers. A search of published literature examining the relationship between EZD and urban planning or policymaking was conducted in February 2020 using PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. Thirty-six articles were identified by the review process and the research examining the relationship between urban planning and EZD was found to be limited but expanding. In identified articles, recommendations for planners were found to address various areas and aspects of planning like inter-disciplinary collaboration, social justice, built environment, climate change adaptation, urbanization, sanitation, green space and economic planning. The applicability of these recommendations to global north and south cities is also discussed.