文章從分析美國城市的新冠肺炎疫情及建成環境入手,討論物質環境及在其中生活的人的關系。提出在研究疫情及建成環境的關系時,在認識論上,應該從建成環境的特點以及居住在其中人的特點兩方面進行研究,特別要注重居民社會經濟地位、生活方式等對疫情的影響,而不僅是建成環境問題。在方法論上,宜采用循證實踐方法,注重實踐證據,以更加切合新冠疫情的特性。

The article starts with a preliminary analysis of the COVID-19 epidemic and its related factors in American cities,and discusses the relationship between the built environment and the people living in it.It is proposed that in studying the relationship between the epidemic situation and the built environment,epistemology should be emphasized,meaning that the study of the characteristics of the built environment and the characteristics of the people living in it should be both included,and special attention should be paid to the impacts of the residents’ socioeconomic status and lifestyle on the epidemic situation,rather than limited to the built environmental issues.From a methodological point of view,evidence-based practice focusing on practical evidence can be used,which may better fit the nature of the COVID-19 epidemic.