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The hidden impact of the coronavirus pandemic is rising urban inequality – ABC News

Experts say the world is in the grip of an urban inequality emergency — and while it’s been accelerated by COVID-19, the seeds of this crisis germinated well before…

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Isolation has been one of the defining features of the COVID-19 pandemic, but social inequality has also taken a toll.
Experts say the world is now in the midst of an urban inequality emergency.
And unless we address that, says world-renowned sociologist and architect Richard Sennett, inequality will scar the design and function of our cities for decades to come.
Blind to our own privilege
Trends in urbanisation have always been markers of social, economic and political change.
Since March, speculation…

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