Post-Pandemic Urbanism: Criteria for a New Normal

Michael Neuman, Lorenzo Chelleri and Thorsten Schuetze
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Michael Neuman: School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster, London NW1 5LS, UK
Lorenzo Chelleri: School of Architecture, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya UIC Barcelona, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
Thorsten Schuetze: Department of Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-6

Abstract: Globalization, tourism, virtuality, climate change, and the explosive growth of cities have generated a wide range of stressors, pollutants, and toxins that have been ravaging populations. This, coupled with viral, bacterial, and other pandemics, is rapidly creating a new reality that requires public health factors to be integrated more thoroughly into the planning and design of city regions. This prompts a questioning of the role and form of city centers as well as the distribution of people and activities in city regions. This goes beyond more outdoor spaces, places, and activities and new criteria for indoor events. Moreover, public transport, mobility, and infrastructure in general need to be retooled to deal with these emergent circumstances.

Keywords: pandemic urbanism; COVID-19; new normal; urban resilience; pandemic resilience; urban sustainability; healthy cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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