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Covid-19 Influence
Special Pandemic Risks Sydney Olympic Park / Powells Creek.
From the spatial arrangement of the COVID_10 Cases breakout, Homebush area is very high risk compared to the rest of Sydney Region, with about 20 cases outbreak and 3 hot spots (Homebush Public School, DFO and SOP). (Education, 2020) About 26% of the COVID positive case are contacted via unknown sources, the other 74% are kept in trackable trace, and most of the rest are sealed off as isolation. (Education, 2020) This pandemic has highlighted this spatial inequality: between those who have private gardens and those who do not, between those who have easy access to public green spaces and those who live far away from public green spaces. One way to remedy this inequality in accessibility is to reclaim the space in cars and return them to people. The Garden City Movement at the end of the 19th century aimed to combine the health benefits of nature with the convenience of urban life. What if
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London freed itself from the Garden City Guide and turned its streets into miniature green belts around homes? In Japan, doctors often prescribe prescriptions for spending a period of time in nature for certain diseases. (Kramer, 1980) This type of treatment is increasingly being influenced by the science of biophilia and its numerous benefits to physical and mental health. stand by. Providing London residents with greener, safer, friendly, and further, healthier streets will certainly reduce the pressure on the national medical service system.
Education.nsw. 2020. COVID-19 At Homebush Public School. [online] Available at: <https://education.nsw.gov.au/ news/media-releases/covid-19-at-homebush-public-school> [Accessed 1 December 2020].
Kramer, M., 1980. The rising pandemic of mental disorders and associated chronic diseases and disabilities. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 62(S285), pp.382-397. Homebush Public School (22/08/2020)
COV-19 INFLUENCE
SOP/Homebush (05-08/2020)
DFO Homebush (08/08/2020)
COVID-19 Breakout Hot Spot
Physical Barrier (Water Catchment )
Typology
Figure 22: Explosion diagram of relation between COVID-19 cases spots and typology
