This hybrid conference convened by Yale’s Hixon Center for Urban Ecology focused on the current and potential future impact of COVID on cities. Yale Professor Frank Snowden provided the opening talk, Re-imagining Cities during Covid-19: Lessons from Asiatic Cholera. The day-long event included three panels exploring the relationship between urban living conditions and viral spread; the impact of shifting concentrations of people and capital on real estate investments; and causes and effects of increased utilization of urban natural space. Shannon LaDeau’s closing presentation centered on the role of human-environmental interactions in exacerbating the threats of vector-borne pathogens in urban areas.
