Relational Cities Disrupted: Reflections on the Particular Geographies of COVID‐19 For Small But Global Urbanisation in Dublin, Ireland, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Heße, Markus; Rafferty, Michael

doi:10.1111/tesg.12432

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“…Such combined approaches have facilitated timely actions to prevent the diffusion of the virus and reduce the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic. Based on this, there are some arguments about the possibility of more state involvement in urban governance in the post-COVID era ( Hesse and Rafferty, 2020 ). It should, however, be mentioned that two important factors have contributed to the success of this combined model.…”

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The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis the scientific community has constantly been striving to shed light on various issues such as the mechanisms driving the spread of the virus, its environmental and socio-economic impacts, and necessary recovery and adaptation plans and policies. Given the high concentration of population and economic activities in cities, they are often hotspots of COVID-19 infections. Accordingly, many researchers are struggling to explore the dynamics of the pandemic in urban areas to understand impacts of COVID-19 on cities. In this study we seek to provide an overview of COVID-19 research related to cities by reviewing literature published during the first eight months after the first confirmed cases were reported in Wuhan, China. The main aims are to understand impacts of the pandemic on cities and to highlight major lessons that can be learned for post-COVID urban planning and design. Results show that, in terms of thematic focus, early research on the impacts of COVID-19 on cities is mainly related to four major themes, namely, (1) environmental quality, (2) socio-economic impacts, (3) management and governance, and (4) transportation and urban design. While this indicates a diverse research agenda, the first theme that covers issues related to air quality, meteorological parameters, and water quality is dominant, and the others are still relatively underexplored. Improvements in air and water quality in cities during lockdown periods highlight the significant environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities and provide a wake-up call to adopt environmentally friendly development pathways. The paper also provides other recommendations related to the socio-economic factors, urban management and governance, and transportation and urban design that can be used for post-COVID urban planning and design. Overall, existing knowledge shows that the COVID-19 crisis entails an excellent opportunity for planners and policy makers to take transformative actions towards creating cities that are more just, resilient, and sustainable.

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The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

877

556

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“…In the process of handling the COVID-19 crisis, China coordinated different provinces and cities, carrying out community-based top-down anti-pandemic activities within cities. This approach of urban governance with state participation helped in taking timely actions to prevent the virus's spread ( Hesse & Rafferty, 2020 ). However, there are two important prerequisites for its success: every side needs to trust the government and its actions to achieve expected targets ( Earl, 2020 ; Thoi, 2020 ), and the relevant mechanisms need to be established for actively engaging citizens in these initiatives.…”

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What determines urban resilience against COVID-19: City size or governance capacity?

Chu

Cheng

Song

2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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This study analyzed the effects of urban governance and city size on COVID-19 prevention and control measures. Based on real-time data in 276 prefecture-level Chinese cities, we used the ordinary least squares plus robust standard error strategy. It was found that: (1) despite the non-significant effect of city size, urban governance capacity was an important factor affecting the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic; urban governance capacity was particularly significant in the late control of the pandemic, but not significant in the early prevention; for every unit increase of urban governance capacity, the number of recovered COVID-19 cases per capita increased by 2.4%. Moreover, (2) the influence mechanism of anti-pandemic measures in cities could be divided into the workforce, financial, and material effects, and their contribution rates were 26.15%, 32.55%, and 37.20%, respectively; namely, the effective/timely assistance from Chinese central government regarding the workforce, financial, and material resources in key pandemic areas and nationwide played a major role in pandemic control. Additionally, (3) cities with a high level of smart city construction were more capable of enhancing the pandemic prevention and control effect, indicating that smart city construction is conducive to enhanced coping with public crises.

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“…According to Hesse & Rafferty (2020), if the relational state policy will disrupt, the impact reflections regions in the country's home economy will also be affected by COVID-19. Other scenarios can become problematic due to national fiscal policies, and the solutions may not be understood.…”

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Understanding review of economic loss due to government policy respond to the COVID-19 disruption in Indonesia

Sholahuddin

Manullang

Sari

2021

ijbem

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The emergence of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic followed by its aftermath has left a disaster for various lives and business activities. The impact of COVID-19 on the economy is a consequence of the national policies of each country in reducing the number of suspected victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aimed to understand the scenario of economic disruption in Indonesia due to a pandemic, which includes various economic sectors, including the weakening of the money cycle, increasing unemployment, supply of goods, changes in consumer behavior, scarcity, economic growth, and policies, stability. In collecting data, this study first mapped the theoretical impact of the national economy from the emergence of a pandemic. Next, we reviewed other evidence relevant to mapping to understand the causes and how economic impacts occur. Finally, we get an understanding of how economic disruption is, the impact of COVID-19 and an explanation of the disruption caused by government policies to combat the spread of COVID-19. These findings are scientifically valid and reliable because they have answered research questions in accordance with the plan of this study.

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Relational Cities Disrupted: Reflections on the Particular Geographies of COVID‐19 For Small But Global Urbanisation in Dublin, Ireland, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Cited by 26 publications

References 31 publications

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

What determines urban resilience against COVID-19: City size or governance capacity?

Understanding review of economic loss due to government policy respond to the COVID-19 disruption in Indonesia

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