“…The research discussed here is part of a broader European Research Council supported research project, DenCity , that compares dimensions of high-density urban living (e.g. Chen et al, 2020; Chowdhury and McFarlane, 2022; Habermehl and McFarlane, 2023; Joiner et al, 2022; McFarlane, 2021; Tripathy and McFarlane, 2022). The research in Manila and Taipei took place from winter 2020 to late summer 2021, focussing on how cities managed and experienced the pandemic, and was supplemented by additional research trips and monitoring into late 2022.…”