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The Inquiry: Will Covid-19 change cities?

Will Covid-19 change cities?

11/06/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Will Covid-19 change cities?

Kavita Puri explores what our cities will look like after Covid-19

Cities have always been affected by disease. This week on the Inquiry, Kavita Puri explores what they will look like after Covid-19.

From the bubonic plague and cholera to tuberculosis, pandemics have changed the ways cities have been designed and built. The coronavirus has been no different: with cities all over the world on lockdown, our cities have changed to become quieter, greener, with wildlife returning on an unprecedented scale. Now, with the lockdowns beginning to ease, Kavita Puri asks: what is the future of our cities? Will they return to the way they were - and do we want them to? 

Producer: Eleanor Biggs 
Presenter: Kavita Puri


(Parisians cycle through the streets of Paris on the Rue de Rivoli, which has been made almost entirely cycleable. Photo:Samuel Boivin/Getty Images)

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