COVID-19 Pandemic and Sustainable Urban Transformation: Perspectives on City-Level Actions and a Framework for the Future

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 1093 - 1093

Published: July 19, 2024

Cities were at the center of COVID-19 pandemic due to concentration affected populations and economic activities that needed be revived support global recovery. While cities offer strong social benefits density, proximity, connectivity, had a tremendous impact on their vital functions. It resulted in lost lives livelihoods deepened divides. Furthermore, exacerbated many existing environmental challenges cities. This presented an opportunity tackle these interlinked integrated manner. Evidence suggests city leaders sustainability as important element complement emergency responses. Drawing from experiences around world, particularly those participating Sustainable Program supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF), this paper describes how solutions applied pandemic. Consistent with Healthy Planet People concept, framework is proposed for sustainable urban transformation build are resilient shocks stresses. With core, highlights importance integration, inclusion, innovation key approaches steering future green growth prosperity

Language: Английский

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Unbalanced burden is escalating: Urban inequality landscape under sudden shocks?

Journal of Urban Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 32 - 48

Published: Sept. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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Demographic Aspects of Urban Shrinkage in Serbia: Trajectory, Variety, and Drivers of Shrinking Cities

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(22), P. 15961 - 15961

Published: Nov. 15, 2023

Many European countries have faced the process of urban shrinkage in recent decades. Due to various theoretical aspects shrinkage, there are numerous approaches interpretation this process. The most widely accepted these refers demographic component as starting point for defining phenomenon, with decline total population main indicator. cities Serbia is a that has been place since 1960s, dynamics spatial-demographic and socioeconomic transformation during post-socialist transition having exacerbated shrinkage. As result, over 80% settlements affected by it. This paper identifies trajectory spatio-temporal patterns intensity period from 1961 2022. aim work show diversity shrinking explore driving forces behind Serbia. In study, we conducted an analysis trends 167 Further included identification contrasting dynamic characterized either natural losses or out-migration. complex trajectories, typology was created distinguishes four different types cities: continuously cities, episodically recently resurgent cities. results important achieving better understanding how local change time space. result will thus be step towards explaining factors causing inter- intra-regional differences between Serbia, well examining renewal opportunities future.

Language: Английский

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Ending 1990s Law and Development Ideas, Paradox of Path Dependence In Economic Planning Institutions Under Covid-19: SA’s Response

The Law and Development Review, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 537 - 567

Published: March 5, 2024

Abstract This paper argues that the COVID-19 pandemic can and should be understood as a form of creative destruction (Schumpeter’s gale), at hyper level owing to its biological/medical dimension. Therefore, critical response such force is rethink how institutions administer Public Policy in South Africa (Path Dependency), most importantly economic development planning Covid-19 responses, ‘The Economic Reconstruction Recovery Plan’. It’s contention this reason why continues impact African government’s ethos anchored developmental orientation, particularly constitutional legalism has impaired planning. could impart due unaddressed influences initial waves Law Development post-1994. The experience with were muted problematic nature 1994 transition which sought peace all costs without necessary addressing substantive reform considerations. using policy experiences Lee’s, General Theory Development, aspects State Capacity Political Will, revision Constitution will called on, principally chapter’s 2 6 (Bill Rights) (Province).

Language: Английский

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Reflections on the post-pandemic future of shrinking cities

Town Planning Review, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 95(4), P. 391 - 400

Published: May 1, 2024

This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0 .

Language: Английский

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