Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has triggered adiscussion of the relationship between urbanization and the spread of infectious diseases. Namely, whether urbanization will exacerbate the spread of infectious diseases. Based on 31 provincial data from 2002 to 2018 in China, the impact of urbani...

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Autores principales:	Dongsheng Yu, Xiaoping Li, Juanjuan Yu, Xunpeng Shi, Pei Liu, Pu Tian
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	population urbanization land urbanization infectious diseases public health GMM model Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5120b12c96f6441fa2b47559eaa42a1c2021-11-30T19:12:27ZWhether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.699710https://doaj.org/article/5120b12c96f6441fa2b47559eaa42a1c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.699710/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has triggered adiscussion of the relationship between urbanization and the spread of infectious diseases. Namely, whether urbanization will exacerbate the spread of infectious diseases. Based on 31 provincial data from 2002 to 2018 in China, the impact of urbanization on the spread of infectious diseases from the dimensions of “population” and “land” is analyzed in this paper by using the GMM (generalized method of moments) model. The empirical study shows that the population increase brought by urbanization does not aggravate the spread of infectious diseases. On the contrary, urban education, employment and entrepreneurship, housing, medical and health care, and other basic public services brought by population urbanization can help reduce the risk of the spread of infectious diseases. The increasing density of buildings caused by land urbanization increases the risk of the spread of infectious diseases. Moreover, the impact of urbanization on the spread of infectious diseases has regional heterogeneity. Therefore, the prevention and control of disease play a crucial role.Dongsheng YuXiaoping LiJuanjuan YuXunpeng ShiPei LiuPu TianFrontiers Media S.A.articlepopulation urbanizationland urbanizationinfectious diseasespublic healthGMM modelPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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description	The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has triggered adiscussion of the relationship between urbanization and the spread of infectious diseases. Namely, whether urbanization will exacerbate the spread of infectious diseases. Based on 31 provincial data from 2002 to 2018 in China, the impact of urbanization on the spread of infectious diseases from the dimensions of “population” and “land” is analyzed in this paper by using the GMM (generalized method of moments) model. The empirical study shows that the population increase brought by urbanization does not aggravate the spread of infectious diseases. On the contrary, urban education, employment and entrepreneurship, housing, medical and health care, and other basic public services brought by population urbanization can help reduce the risk of the spread of infectious diseases. The increasing density of buildings caused by land urbanization increases the risk of the spread of infectious diseases. Moreover, the impact of urbanization on the spread of infectious diseases has regional heterogeneity. Therefore, the prevention and control of disease play a crucial role.
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title	Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short	Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full	Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr	Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort	whether urbanization has intensified the spread of infectious diseases—renewed question by the covid-19 pandemic
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Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases—Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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