ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the results of an investigation about the lack of access to public space and social interactions in three Latin-American cities by using literature review, location data and online survey from household members on how these restrictions affected their daily life and their relationship with community and public space use. The risks of a pandemic increase when community health and wellbeing weakens, however, there is a high incidence of contagions in land use, life expectancy, displacement, climatic disability and poor air quality. The urban factors identified in the spread of the pandemic in Wuhan were the intensive urban growth, hospitals, shopping centres, mixed uses, the population ageing index and roads, among others, which evidenced the need for planning strategies focused on understanding the transmission of infectious diseases in urban settings.
