In addition to making dangerously overwhelmed health systems, the spread of COVID19 has transformed the social balances, the daily lifestyle and work, the way of doing didactics and conferences, the way of relating with friends and loved ones, the way of using public and family services and transport, enjoying holidays and free time etc.; at the same time it has given rise to oppressive repercussions on the economic and productive systems, leading to the adoption of unexpected intervention measures and the use of extraordinary funds. Many special actions, where geography can provide support in the context of an interdisciplinary environment of applied research, have been launched by international institutions, and for example many projects supported by the European Commission concern “epidemiology, preparedness and response to outbreaks, the development of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines, as well as the infrastructures and resources that enable this research”2 . Other possibilities have been launched by the European Space Agency (ESA), also through the collaboration agreement with the Italian Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitalization (MID), and a specific example can be the Announcement of an Opportunity entitled “BASS AO: Space in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak” (AO10314). In this thematic issue the attention is focussed on a geographical and crosscutting look at the COVID-19 pandemic in an international framework
A geographical and crosscutting look at the COVID-19 pandemic in an international framework / Pesaresi, Cristiano. - In: J-READING-JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DIDACTICS IN GEOGRAPHY. - ISSN 2281-5694. - (2020), pp. 1-112.
A geographical and crosscutting look at the COVID-19 pandemic in an international framework.
Cristiano Pesaresi
2020
Abstract
In addition to making dangerously overwhelmed health systems, the spread of COVID19 has transformed the social balances, the daily lifestyle and work, the way of doing didactics and conferences, the way of relating with friends and loved ones, the way of using public and family services and transport, enjoying holidays and free time etc.; at the same time it has given rise to oppressive repercussions on the economic and productive systems, leading to the adoption of unexpected intervention measures and the use of extraordinary funds. Many special actions, where geography can provide support in the context of an interdisciplinary environment of applied research, have been launched by international institutions, and for example many projects supported by the European Commission concern “epidemiology, preparedness and response to outbreaks, the development of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines, as well as the infrastructures and resources that enable this research”2 . Other possibilities have been launched by the European Space Agency (ESA), also through the collaboration agreement with the Italian Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitalization (MID), and a specific example can be the Announcement of an Opportunity entitled “BASS AO: Space in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak” (AO10314). In this thematic issue the attention is focussed on a geographical and crosscutting look at the COVID-19 pandemic in an international frameworkI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.