Abstract
AbstractIn this chapter, we discuss how population density, the defining feature of cities, shaped the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic by taking a look at cities in the United States and the United Kingdom. In both countries the spatial distribution of case deaths was similar. Large and dense global cities such as London or New York were hit first by COVID-19. But as the epidemics unfolded, the relationship between density and accumulated COVID-19-related deaths progressively flattened out to the point of disappearing almost completely by the end of the year. The findings illustrated here cast doubts on the widely held notion that COVID-19-related health risks were higher in dense cities throughout 2020.
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