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Book SynopsisThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers.
Trade Review‘A unique contribution to understanding and analysis of the direct and indirect, private and public effects of pandemics (COVID in this case) on cities and regions and the formulation of policies to adopt and respond to such.’ -- Pierre Paul Proulx, Université de Montreal, Canada
‘This edited book provides valuable insights on how cities and regions have adapted to the COVID pandemic and the post-COVID transition. The volume provides useful comparisons and case studies from the trans-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific areas on topics such as health care, remote and hybrid work, government functionality, and the overall effects of a major pandemic on the economic and social well-being of a broad range of urban centers and regions.’ -- Earl Fry, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University, and co-founder of the New International Cities Era project, US
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to The Impact of COVID on Cities and Regions ix Ed Blakely and Peter Karl Kresl PART I IMPACT AND RESPONSE 1 Post-COVID-19 Australian urban settlement: rebuild or reposition the nation? 2 Ed Blakely 2 Impact and response in cities and regions: Pennsylvania and New York 15 Peter Karl Kresl 3 Why we don’t learn: COVID’s impact on cities’ architecture is not being considered in new building developments 32 Mattia Bertin PART II CITIES AND REGIONS 4 Voices from the villages: non-urban territories facing post-COVID recovery 46 Daniele Ietri 5 The reshaping of work and (post-COVID) urban competitiveness in mid-sized metropolises: the case of Porto 58 Luís Carvalho and Sabrina Sgambati 6 Socio-economic dimensions of inclusiveness of smart cities in India in a post-pandemic era 74 Shaleen Singhal and Madhurima Waghmare 7 Post-COVID cities: some reflections on planning in uncertain times 92 Javier Ruiz Sánchez and Inés Aquilué Junyent PART III SPECIFIC ISSUES 8 The impact of COVID in Québec: telework, coworking and their effects on work and city environments 111 Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 9 Consequences of COVID-19 on the Barcelona labour market 129 Joan Trullén and Vittorio Galletto 10 Changes in the labor market by type of city in Mexico during the COVID pandemic, 2020–2021 145 Isela Orihuela 11 Working in and for the city with smartness: first partial results from the European project IrSmart 161 Gianfranco Franz 12 Spatial differences in morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in Mexico: a regional and metropolitan analysis 179 Jaime Sobrino 13 Frugal innovation in the 1.5-metre society: analysis of the hospitality sector in the metropole region Rotterdam–The Hague 197 Erwin van Tuijl, Leo van den Berg, Koen Dittrich and Daniele Rossi-Doria Index
