Cities play a major role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as many measures are adopted at the scale of cities and involve adjustments to the way urban areas operate.
Drawing from case studies across the globe, this book explores how the pandemic and the policies it has prompted have caused changes in the ways cities function. The contributors examine the advancing social inequality brought on by the pandemic and suggest policies intended to contain contagion whilst managing the economy in these circumstances.
Offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.
Introduction: Policymaking in the Face of Uncertainty and Inequality ~ Pierre Filion, Brian Doucet and Rianne Van Melik Part 1: COVID-19 and Urban Changes The Exaggerated Report of Offices’ Demise: The Strength of Weak Workplace Ties ~ Richard Shearmur, Manuela Parra-Lockhorst and Alastair Wycliffe-Jones Platform Labour in Urban Spaces After COVID-19 ~ Sandro Mezzadra, Mattia Frapporti and Maurilio Pirone More Cycling and Road Closures, but for Whom and Where? ~ Rebecca Mayers Governing “The Night” in Post-COVID-19 Lisbon: Challenges, Opportunities and Uncertainties ~ Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros, João Carlos Martins, Cristiana Vale Pires and Jordi Nofre Small Business Owners in Stockholm and the Anti-Lockdown Pandemic Strategy ~ Rosa Danenberg Urban Inequalities and the Lived Politics of Resilience ~ Oleg Golubchikov and Geoffrey DeVerteuil Part 2: The Pandemic, Social Inequality and Mobilization Navigating Socio-Economic Pressures in COVID-19 Urban Kenya: A Relational Geographies’ Perspective ~ Christiane Stephan, Mario Schmidt and Eric Mutisya Kioko On Standby? But for How Long? The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures on the Urban Poor of Sri Lanka ~ Mohamed Minas, Dilshani N. Ranawaka and Lothar Smith Combatting Older Adult Loneliness: It Takes a (Blended) Village ~ Maxwell Hartt, Samantha J. Norberg, Julie Karns, Maliha Majeed and Barry Pendergast Kindness More Contagious Than Viruses: An Inclusive and Innovative Response to Inequalities in Ankara ~ Özgür Sayın and Savaş Zafer Şahin Resisting Disaster Capitalism During COVID-19 in Chile: People Fight Back ~ Claudia González-Muzzio, Vicente Sandoval and Carmen Paz Castro Rapid Deployment of Transport Infrastructure and Urban Social Injustice: The Case of Medellín, Colombia ~ Carlos Cadena-Gaitán, Alejandro Álvarez-Vanegas and María C. Flórez-Munoz Part 3: Municipal and Urban Policy Responses Transnational Experiences of COVID-19: Transferable Lessons for Urban Planning Between the Global South and the Global North ~ Shauna Brail, Michael Martin, Jagath Munasinghe, Rangajeena Ratnayake and Julie Rudner Urban Mobility, Working Culture and Administration During the COVID-19 Crisis: Adjustments for a Resilient City ~ Kerstin Stark, Julia Schuppan, Ariane Kehlbacher, Julia Jarass and Laura Gebharbt Public Transport Qualities and Inequalities in Pandemic Times ~ Marcus Finbom, Wojciech Kębłowski, Wladimir Sgibnev, Louise Sträuli, Peter Timko, Tauri Tuvikene and Tonio Weicker COVID-19 and the Creative City: Lessons From the UK ~ Jonathan Gross, Tamsyn Dent and Roberta Comunian Urban Regional Planning Under the Pandemic: The Case of Oslo ~ Lars Böcker, per Gunnar Røe and Elling Oftedal Distributing, De-Synchronizing, Digitilizing: Dealing With Milan Transport Inequalities in Post-COVID-19 Society ~ Paola Pucci, Giovanni Lanza and Bruna Vendemmia The View From the Socio-Spatial Peripheries: Milan, Italy and Toronto, Canada ~ Lorenzo De Vidovich, Julian Iacobelli, Samantha Biglieri and Roger Keil Conclusion: The Pandemic and Beyond ~ Pierre Filion, Rianne Van Melik and Brian Doucet
Testimonial for Tom Vickers Maxwell D. Hartt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University, Canada. Roger Keil is Professor and York Research Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies at York University, Canada. Samantha Biglieri is Assistant Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University, Canada. Pierre Filion is Professor at the School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Canada. Brian Doucet is the Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion and an Associate Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Rianne van Melik is Assistant Professor in Urban Geography at the Institute for Management Research (IMR), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Reviews for Volume 4: Policy and Planning
"""This collection is jam-packed with useful planning and policy examples of how cities across the globe responded during the early months of the pandemic."" Jill L. Grant, Dalhousie University"
