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Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has stimulated intensive research interest in its transmission pathways and infection factors, e.g., socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, climatology, baseline health conditions or pre-existing diseases, and government policies. Meanwhile, some empiric...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34300011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147561 |
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author | Wang, Jingjing Wu, Xueying Wang, Ruoyu He, Dongsheng Li, Dongying Yang, Linchuan Yang, Yiyang Lu, Yi |
author_facet | Wang, Jingjing Wu, Xueying Wang, Ruoyu He, Dongsheng Li, Dongying Yang, Linchuan Yang, Yiyang Lu, Yi |
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description | The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has stimulated intensive research interest in its transmission pathways and infection factors, e.g., socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, climatology, baseline health conditions or pre-existing diseases, and government policies. Meanwhile, some empirical studies suggested that built environment attributes may be associated with the transmission mechanism and infection risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, no review has been conducted to explore the effect of built environment characteristics on the infection risk. This research gap prevents government officials and urban planners from creating effective urban design guidelines to contain SARS-CoV-2 infections and face future pandemic challenges. This review summarizes evidence from 25 empirical studies and provides an overview of the effect of built environment on SARS-CoV-2 infection risk. Virus infection risk was positively associated with the density of commercial facilities, roads, and schools and with public transit accessibility, whereas it was negatively associated with the availability of green spaces. This review recommends several directions for future studies, namely using longitudinal research design and individual-level data, considering multilevel factors and extending to diversified geographic areas. |
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spelling | pubmed-83059842021-07-25 Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk Wang, Jingjing Wu, Xueying Wang, Ruoyu He, Dongsheng Li, Dongying Yang, Linchuan Yang, Yiyang Lu, Yi Int J Environ Res Public Health Review The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has stimulated intensive research interest in its transmission pathways and infection factors, e.g., socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, climatology, baseline health conditions or pre-existing diseases, and government policies. Meanwhile, some empirical studies suggested that built environment attributes may be associated with the transmission mechanism and infection risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, no review has been conducted to explore the effect of built environment characteristics on the infection risk. This research gap prevents government officials and urban planners from creating effective urban design guidelines to contain SARS-CoV-2 infections and face future pandemic challenges. This review summarizes evidence from 25 empirical studies and provides an overview of the effect of built environment on SARS-CoV-2 infection risk. Virus infection risk was positively associated with the density of commercial facilities, roads, and schools and with public transit accessibility, whereas it was negatively associated with the availability of green spaces. This review recommends several directions for future studies, namely using longitudinal research design and individual-level data, considering multilevel factors and extending to diversified geographic areas. MDPI 2021-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8305984/ /pubmed/34300011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147561 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Wang, Jingjing Wu, Xueying Wang, Ruoyu He, Dongsheng Li, Dongying Yang, Linchuan Yang, Yiyang Lu, Yi Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk |
title | Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk |
title_full | Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk |
title_fullStr | Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk |
title_full_unstemmed | Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk |
title_short | Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk |
title_sort | review of associations between built environment characteristics and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection risk |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34300011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147561 |
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