Displacement, De-urbanization, and COVID-19

In the six months since the coronavirus began its global spread, more than 15 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and more than 600,000 have perished, causing governments around the world to institute lockdowns and shut down businesses while entire industries have been devastated. This brief, inspired by and sourced heavily from the Land Portal’s Migration, Displacement, and De-urbanization in the Context of COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, spotlights a selection of these challenges, and provides suggestions for how they may be addressed.