David Jones

TL;DR: This perspective paper, written one month after detection and during the outbreak, surveys the virus outbreak from an urban standpoint and advances how smart city networks should work towards enhancing standardization protocols for increased data sharing in the event of outbreaks or disasters, leading to better global understanding and management of the same.

TL;DR: How early viral detection will reduce in time as computing technology is enhanced and as more data communication and libraries are ensured between varying data information systems is explored.

TL;DR: This paper is a call for action for international architectural and urban organisations to include pandemics and similar in their disaster management strategies so that their applied deployment in pandemic stricken cities can be integrated seamlessly within normal city environment planning activities and also in incident situations like containing the current COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: This study may help urban policy makers to better understand the opportunities and implications of the Metaverse upon tech-mediated practices and applied urban agendas, as well as assess the positives and negatives of this techno-urban vision.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a more inclusive framework bridging governance with drivers for sustainable development, using urban heritage and culture as a strategic thread for debt repayment and economic empowerment through PPP.