COVID-19 and Urban Vulnerability in India Swasti Vardhan Mishra Amiya Gayen Sk. Mafizul Haque
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Doctoral Candidate Doctoral Candidate Assistant Professor Department of Geography, Department of Geography, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta University of Calcutta University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta. 35, B. C. The University of Calcutta. 35, B. C. The University of Calcutta. 35, B. C. Road, Kolkata 700 019 Road, Kolkata 700 019 Road, Kolkata 700 019 & & Guest faculty, Assistant Professor under RUSA, Department of Geography, Department of Geography, West Bengal State University, Kolkata Midnapore College (Autonomous) & Vidyasagar University, Midnapore Guest faculty, Department of Geography, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata The article is published in Habitat International Doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102230 Article number: 102230 #Uncorrected Proof# 1 COVID-19 and Urban Vulnerability in India Swasti Vardhan Mishra Amiya Gayen Sk. Mafizul Haque
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Doctoral Candidate Doctoral Candidate Assistant Professor Department of Geography, Department of Geography, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta University of Calcutta University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta. 35, B. C. The University of Calcutta. 35, B. C. The University of Calcutta. 35, B. C. Road, Kolkata 700 019 Road, Kolkata 700 019 Road, Kolkata 700 019 & & Guest faculty, Assistant Professor under RUSA, Department of Geography, Department of Geography, West Bengal State University, Kolkata Midnapore College (Autonomous) & Vidyasagar University, Midnapore Guest faculty, Department of Geography, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Abstract The global pandemic has an inherently urban character. The UN-Habitat’s publication of a Response Plan for mollification of the SARS-CoV-2 based externalities in the cities of the world testifies to that.