The distanced city

Gill, Kamni; Hellemondt, Imke van; Larsen, Janike Kampevold; Keravel, Sonia; Leger-Smith, Anaïs; Notteboom, Bruno; Rinaldi, Bianca Maria

doi:10.1080/18626033.2020.1886504

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“…Gradually, a small but growing literature has begun to emerge documenting the ways that cities have coped and are still coping with the evolving pandemic crisis. An uncertainty about the future of cities has come to the fore (Gill et al 2020).…”

Section: European Union Policy Responses To the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

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“…In this scenario, technology is deemed to play a paramount role in facilitating forms of remote work and providing other technology-driven services. Closely related to this notion of de-urbanization is the concept of the 'distanced city' (Gill et al 2020), where people work from home, engage in electronic shopping and adopt various measures of physical detachment to protect themselves from the crowdedness of city life. For instance, Lee, Huang (2022) showed the existence of strong support for 'urban' flight within metropolitan areas in the United States during the pandemic.…”

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Territorial cohesion, the COVID-19 crisis and the urban paradox

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Mavrommatis

2022

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The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn due to the lockdown of economic activities have spurred a lively debate concerning their effects across locations in the EU and the resulting challenges to territorial cohesion policy. The COVID-19 emergency not only has provoked EU cohesion policy responses but also may change some of the basic principles on which these policies have been built. This paper briefly casts light on some present and future implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for two fundamental aspects of territorial cohesion policy, namely urbanization and economic agglomeration. Both aspects are linked to territorial cohesion's significant dimension of polycentricity (as balanced and harmonious development), and together they constitute a challenge to established norms of urban agglomeration. Finally, the paper discusses some policy ideas that have recently (re)appeared on the European policy landscape. Such policy options bring together urban development and regional policy agendas with the aim of promoting territorial cohesion by attempting to solve the `urban paradox' - the coexisting positive and negative effects of urban agglomeration and its established geography.

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Section: European Union Policy Responses To the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

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Territorial cohesion, the COVID-19 crisis and the urban paradox

Artelaris

Mavrommatis

2022

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“…This case study investigates the citizens' behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic to nd solutions to the current environmental crisis in the city of Riobamba with a lacking urban green index (Arroba, Hidalgo, &Granda, 2020) and a low population density. This research considers this premise: "while it was once thought that low-density settlements with a greater number of green spaces would better address issues of urban health and hygiene" (Gill et al, 2020). Urban green corridors in the urban environment start from this principle to develop green planning within the city based on the multifunctionality.…”

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The multifunctionality of green corridors during pandemic lockdowns: a case study of Riobamba city, Ecuador

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Poyan

2022

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Context: The pandemic has demonstrated several weaknesses and inequalities in the way society live and develops within cities, the economic losses, the massive contagions, and above all the lack of control and people's lack of awareness of the situation. Objectives: This study tries to attempt, city lacking in green spaces, towards a city with green and sustainable planning, and the association between urban greenery and physical activity during the Covid-19, as well as proposing urban green corridors as a planning tool for urban green areas. Methods: The research method was applied Bibliographic analysis which focuses on the importance of green areas, health, wellbeing, and multifunctional, and City analysis based on surveys to understand the residents' behavior during the pandemic. Results: Green and recreational spaces in Riobamba was exposed by all those who could not cope with the lockdown, since only 8% of those surveyed stayed at home, while 70% left their homes for green or recreational spaces within the urban area and 23% left the city in search of parks or nature reserves. This shows, how the quality of green areas can positively affect people’s behaviors during the Covid-19. The diagnosis, highlighted the preservation of natural areas, urban reforestation, re-naturalization of spaces or urban voids. Conclusions: The urban green corridor is conceived as a system where several spaces are connected, creating two interactions: the first is how the city can provide the necessary infrastructure during a crisis, and the second is how it energizes and prioritizes the health and supply systems for urban residents, creating safe spaces for each of the city's sectors.

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The distanced city

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Territorial cohesion, the COVID-19 crisis and the urban paradox

Territorial cohesion, the COVID-19 crisis and the urban paradox

The multifunctionality of green corridors during pandemic lockdowns: a case study of Riobamba city, Ecuador

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