COVID-19 pandemic is challenging some dogmas of modern urbanism

Jasiński, Artur

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2021.103498

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“…Regarding the pandemic implications on urban design and its impact on improving the built environment, the need for such modifications has greatly risen, which in most cases, have been adequate for providing theoretical solutions ( Megahed & Ghoneim, 2020 ; Sharifi & Khavarian-Garmsir, 2020 ). On the other hand, remarkable debates have been conducted in relation to the post-pandemic cities so far ( Banai, 2020 ; Jasiński, 2021 ; Mouratidis & Yiannakou, 2021 ). The fact remains that urban design strategies should rely on pragmatic solutions in order to figure out the problem.…”

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Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment

Askarizad

2022

Cities

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The previous arguments in respect to the COVID-19 pandemic tend to support the lockdown and closure policy in order to prevent widespread infection of the epidemic within urban spaces. Using semi-structured interviews, the present study identifies that there are some serious consequences by adopting this policy due to the indispensable social interactions and uncooperative attitude of the general public to the harsh isolation approaches. These negative impacts on people's psychological health are partly caused by the inflexible urban design of the built environment in the pre-pandemic period. To create a balance between social distancing and social interactions within urban spaces, the paper proposes a general framework of post-pandemic street furniture design. It provides an innovative approach using a grid-based method, which can be applied to other cities across the world in order to deal with the potential analogous pandemic perils in the future.

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Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment

Askarizad

2022

Cities

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“…Government responses and urban management are crucial during the COVID-19. Main measures taken by governments include quarantine, self-isolation, digital surveillance, lockdown, and reopening ( Jasiński, 2021 ; Lin, Lin, Yan, & Huang, 2021 ; Tan, Chiu-Shee, & Duarte, 2022 ). As these policy measures have significant impacts on people's daily lives, they draw great attention from the public and researchers.…”

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The road to recovery: Sensing public opinion towards reopening measures with social media data in post-lockdown cities

Chen

Niu

Silva

2023

Cities

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“…Inequity of access to green space has been particularly highlighted during the pandemic, when limitations on travel have restricted urban residents to their local areas; residents without access to local green spaces have reported increased feelings of deprivation (Ugolini et al 2021 ). The studies drawing data and observations during the pandemic on how important urban green spaces are as places for human health improvement and sustainability amplify the messages (and key insights from numerous studies before the pandemic) about the multiple benefits deriving from urban nature: for nature/biodiversity, for climate resilience and overall for human and planetary health and pointing to the urban inequalities that manifest via unequal access, uneven or non-intersectional urban design of urban green and blue spaces in cities (Jasinski 2022 ; Yap et al 2022 ). Focussing on provision of access to urban green spaces and opportunities for gardening can be part of a ‘public health strategy, readily accessible to boost societal resilience to disturbances’ (Egerer et al 2022 , p. 1), but a consistent focus on providing opportunities for older citizens and those in lower socioeconomic areas is needed (Levinger et al 2021 ).…”

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A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

Frantzeskaki

Oke

Barnett

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Ambio

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Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation, biodiversity loss and climate change felt at large in cities. At the same time, it is cities that can take the leading role in pioneering approaches and solutions to respond to those coupling emergencies. In this perspective piece we respond to the following question: What are the required transformations for prioritising, valuing, maintaining and embracing nature in cities in Australia? We adopt the mission framework as an organising framework to present proposed pathways to transform Australian cities as nature-positive places of the future. We propose three interconnected pathways as starting actions to steer urban planning, policy and governance in Australian cities: First, cities need to establish evidence-based planning for nature in cities and mainstream new planning tools that safeguard and foreground urban nature. Second, collaborative planning needs to become a standard practice in cities and inclusive governance for nature in cities needs to prioritise Aboriginal knowledge systems and practices as well as look beyond what local governments can do. Third, for progressing to nature-positive cities, it is paramount to empower communities to innovate with nature across Australian cities. Whilst we focus on Australian cities, the lessons and pathways are broadly applicably globally and can inspire science-policy debates for the post COP15 biodiversity and COP26 climate change implementation processes.

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COVID-19 pandemic is challenging some dogmas of modern urbanism

Cited by 35 publications

References 9 publications

Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment

Post-pandemic urban design: The equilibrium between social distancing and social interactions within the built environment

The road to recovery: Sensing public opinion towards reopening measures with social media data in post-lockdown cities

A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

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