COVID-19 Challenge, Information Technologies, and Smart Cities: Considerations for Well-Being

International Journal of Community Well-Being - Tập 3 - Trang 417-424 - 2020
Hisham Abusaada1, Abeer Elshater2
1Building and Housing National Research Center (HBRC), Cairo, Egypt
2Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Tóm tắt

Coronavirus (COVID-19) raises an essential debate about implementing the ideas and insights of smart technology in the fields of urban planning and design. This commentary sheds light on considerations and challenges in the area of knowledge in these fields as consequences of the recent pandemic. The concluded remarks cover issues with a specific focus on accelerating the digital transformation in education and a typo-morphological analysis that ends with revisiting the norms and standards of social distancing. Besides, this commentary recommends research directions to follow after the pandemic recedes, tackling the multidisciplinarity between fields of specialisation.

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