This paper synthesizes knowledge on how the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic reshaped the relationship between cities and quality of life. The possible impacts of cities on seven domains of quality of life – travel, leisure, work, social relationships, residential well-being, emotional responses, and health – during COVID-19 are reviewed. Findings indicate that the role of transport and land use, urban nature, public space, facilities and services, housing, and information and communications technology (ICT) in quality of life in cities was transformed during COVID-19. Access to healthcare facilities and services and local amenities; opportunities for walking and cycling; COVID-19-secure public transport; access to a car; urban blue or green space and access to nearby nature; easy access to open public space; living in a dwelling of sufficient size and quality; private or communal outdoor areas; and ICT infrastructure and systems possibly helped to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 on quality of life in cities. Implications for urban planning and policy arise from the COVID-19 crisis, shedding light on ways to address inequities, support vulnerable groups, and improve quality of life in cities in times of pandemics but also under normal circumstances.

本文综合了有关冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行如何重塑城市与生活质量之间关系的知识。审查了 COVID-19 期间城市对生活质量的七个领域——旅行、休闲、工作、社会关系、居住幸福感、情绪反应和健康——的可能影响。调查结果表明，交通和土地利用、城市自然、公共空间、设施和服务、住房以及信息和通信技术 (ICT) 在城市生活质量中的作用在 COVID-19 期间发生了变化。使用医疗保健设施和服务以及当地便利设施；步行和骑自行车的机会；COVID-19 安全的公共交通工具；使用汽车；城市蓝色或绿色空间以及接近自然的通道；轻松进入开放的公共空间；居住在足够大小和质量的住宅中；私人或公共户外区域；ICT 基础设施和系统可能有助于减轻 COVID-19 对城市生活质量的负面影响。COVID-19 危机对城市规划和政策产生了影响，揭示了在大流行时期以及正常情况下解决不平等问题、支持弱势群体和改善城市生活质量的方法。