gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2021-044gesj-2181Research ArticleSpecial Issue "Geography of the COVID-19 pandemic: public health, economic and environmental consequences"Introduction To Geography Of Covid-19 Pandemic: Environmental Issues, Public Health And Socio-Economic ConsequencesBaklanovAlexander

Geneva, 

Copenhagen, 

Moscow

abaklanov@wmo.intChubarovaNatalia E.

Faculty of Geography

Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991

KolosovVladimir A.

Staromonetnyi per., 29, 119017 Moscow

MalkhazovaSvetlana M.

Faculty of Geography

Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991

PorfirievBoris N.

Moscow

Science and Innovation Department, World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of SciencesSwitzerlandLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian FederationInstitute of Geography, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationInstitute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation202128122021144105108Copyright © Baklanov A., Chubarova N.E., Kolosov V.A., Malkhazova S.M., Porfiriev B.N., 20212021Baklanov A., Chubarova N.E., Kolosov V.A., Malkhazova S.M., Porfiriev B.N.Baklanov A., Chubarova N.E., Kolosov V.A., Malkhazova S.M., Porfiriev B.N.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/2181

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected all countries and the global scientific agenda, particularly that of health, economy, environment, geography and geosciences in general. This Special Issue is also a contribution to the global efforts of the scientific community in the analysis of the geography of the COVID-19 pandemic with public health, economic and environmental consequences. Two blocks of papers are considered: (1) the socio-spatial, statistical and geographical analysis of COVID-19 distributions; and (2) the impacts of the pandemic lockdown on the environment, air pollution, and the quality of water.

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