Housing and Neighbourhoods
We aimed to identify, appraise and synthesise available evidence on links between transmission of respiratory viruses, including Covid-19, and dwelling or population density and other features of neighbourhood design.
A better understanding of the links between respiratory viral transmission and population density and other aspects of neighbourhood design is needed to inform the development of Scottish planning policy. We carried out a systematic review of the evidence on COVID-19 transmission, population density and neighbourhood design, at the city, sub-city or neighbourhood level.
Systematic Review of the Associations Between Transmission of COVID-19 or Other Respiratory Viruses and Population Density or Other Features of Neighbourhood Design
By: Ashcroft, T., Sun, Z., Zhang, X., Ostrishko, K., Krishan, P., McSwiggan, E., Dozier, M., Keller, M., Douglas, M.
Note: This work addresses one of the research questions from a scoping exercise on the potential health impacts of different scenarios in Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan. The scoping exercise and similar publications from UNCOVER member Dr Margaret Douglas are available on the Scottish Health and Inequalities Impact Assessment Network (SHIIAN):
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Review summary: Associations between transmission of COVID-19 or other respiratory viruses and population density or other features of neighbourhood design
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| Dr Margaret Douglas | Review Lead | View Profile |
| Marshall Dozier | Information Specialist | View Profile |
| Thulani Ashcroft | Review Team | |
| Dr Ziwen Sun | Review Team | View Profile |
| Xiaomeng Zhang | Review Team | View Profile |
| Kayla Ostrishko | Review Team | |
| Dr Prerna Krishan | Review Team | |
| Emilie McSwiggan | Review Team | View Profile |
| Dr Marketa Keller | Review Team | View Profile |