Overcrowding and population density are by definition two crucial factors in the subject of pandemic risk. In a hyper-connected global world, inhabited by 7.5 billion people, 55% of whom are concentrated in urban areas (70% in 2050), emergency health risk situations are growing at an increasingly high rate.
Social distancing is the most effective measure to prevent and contain the spread of pandemics. The restrictions we are experiencing today may therefore become a continuous part of our lives and the way we inhabit and plan our cities in the future.