Cheshmehzangi Ali, Su Zhaohui, Jin Ruoyu, Dawodu Ayotunde, Sedrez Maycon, Pourroostaei Ardakani Saeid, Zou Tong
Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus, 199 Taikang East Road, University Park, Ningbo, 315100, China.
Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS), Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8530, Japan.
Heliyon. 2023 Mar;9(3):e13879. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13879. Epub 2023 Feb 20.
The spread of COVID-19 at a large scale and at a rapid pace indicates the lack of social distancing measures at multiple levels. The individuals are not to be blamed, nor should we assume the early measures were ineffective or not implemented. It is all down to the multiplicity of transmission factors that made the situation more complicated than initially anticipated. Therefore, in facing the COVID-19 pandemic, this overview paper discusses the importance of space in social distancing measures. The methods used to investigate this study are literature review and case study. Many scholarly works have already provided us with evidence-based models that suggest the influential role of social distancing measures in preventing COVID-19 community spread. To further elaborate on this important topic, the aim here is to look at the role of space not only at the individual level but at larger scales of communities, cities, regions, etc. The analysis helps better management of cities during the pandemics such as COVID-19. By reflecting on some of the ongoing research on social distancing, the study concludes with the role of space at multiple scales and how it is central to the practice of social distancing. We need to be more reflective and responsive to achieve earlier control and containment of the disease and the outbreak at the macro level.
新冠病毒病（COVID-19）的大规模快速传播表明多层次社会 distancing 措施的缺失。不应责怪个人，我们也不应认为早期措施无效或未得到执行。这完全归因于多种传播因素，这些因素使情况比最初预期的更为复杂。因此，在面对新冠病毒病大流行时，本综述文章讨论了空间在社会 distancing 措施中的重要性。用于调查本研究的方法是文献综述和案例研究。许多学术著作已经为我们提供了基于证据的模型，表明社会 distancing 措施在预防新冠病毒病社区传播中的重要作用。为了进一步阐述这一重要主题，本文旨在探讨空间不仅在个人层面，而且在更大规模的社区、城市、地区等层面所起的作用。该分析有助于在新冠病毒病等大流行期间更好地管理城市。通过思考一些正在进行的关于社会 distancing 的研究，本研究得出了空间在多个尺度上的作用以及它如何是社会 distancing 实践的核心。我们需要更加反思并做出回应，以便在宏观层面更早地控制和遏制疾病及疫情。
