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What is the role of urban planners during the coronavirus pandemic?

What is the role of urban planners during the coronavirus pandemic?

by Joshua Baum | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19

The urban planning field, like so many professions during the age of Coronavirus, is having an existential crisis. To most planners, fights over community plans, housing, and transportation projects seem trivial amidst a pandemic that could kill millions and bring...

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