Big cities thrive because of the economic and social benefits of proximity ? but proximity also helps to spread Covid-19. Does this mean an end to the urban revival of recent years ? or do vaccines herald a return to normality? According to Henry Overman and Max Nathan, much will depend on how far the forced experiments of lockdown translate into new norms.

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1 March 2021     Paper Number CEPCP601

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Urban programme, Neighbourhoods programme.

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