Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Measuring social resilience in cities: An exploratory spatio-temporal analysis of activity routines in urban spaces during Covid-19
Abstract Covid-19 has dramatically changed life in cities across the globe. What remains uncertain is how national policies and appeals to comply with suggested rules translate to changes in the behaviour of citizens in urban areas. This lack of local knowledge leaves urban policy makers and planners with few clues as to the determinants of social resilience in cities during protracted crises like a pandemic. Methods are required to measure the capacity of people to conduct routine activities without risking exposure to a prevalent disease, particularly for those most vulnerable during a health crisis. By spanning the fields of urban resilience, human geography, mobility studies and the behavioural sciences, this study explores how to measure social resilience in cities during a protracted crisis. Using a public participation GIS online platform, we observe changes in citizen behaviour within urban spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic. Inhabitants from three districts of a Dutch city mapped their activity routines during the lockdown period and during the year before the pandemic. Spatio-temporal analysis reveals changes in the clustering of activities into what we describe as ‘activity bubbles'. We reflect on the influence of the urban space on these changes and assess the contribution of this exploratory research methodology for gaining insights into behavioural change. Implications for urban planning and resilience theory are discussed.
Highlights This study discusses urban space and its features as key determinants of pandemic resilience. A PPGIS survey method is used to co-create insights into changes in activity routines. Protracted crises require study of their dynamic qualities rather than static capacities. Social resilience entails trade-offs between health and well-being both in the short- and long term. We propose activity bubbles as a framework to measure social resilience spatio-temporally.
Measuring social resilience in cities: An exploratory spatio-temporal analysis of activity routines in urban spaces during Covid-19
Abstract Covid-19 has dramatically changed life in cities across the globe. What remains uncertain is how national policies and appeals to comply with suggested rules translate to changes in the behaviour of citizens in urban areas. This lack of local knowledge leaves urban policy makers and planners with few clues as to the determinants of social resilience in cities during protracted crises like a pandemic. Methods are required to measure the capacity of people to conduct routine activities without risking exposure to a prevalent disease, particularly for those most vulnerable during a health crisis. By spanning the fields of urban resilience, human geography, mobility studies and the behavioural sciences, this study explores how to measure social resilience in cities during a protracted crisis. Using a public participation GIS online platform, we observe changes in citizen behaviour within urban spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic. Inhabitants from three districts of a Dutch city mapped their activity routines during the lockdown period and during the year before the pandemic. Spatio-temporal analysis reveals changes in the clustering of activities into what we describe as ‘activity bubbles'. We reflect on the influence of the urban space on these changes and assess the contribution of this exploratory research methodology for gaining insights into behavioural change. Implications for urban planning and resilience theory are discussed.
Highlights This study discusses urban space and its features as key determinants of pandemic resilience. A PPGIS survey method is used to co-create insights into changes in activity routines. Protracted crises require study of their dynamic qualities rather than static capacities. Social resilience entails trade-offs between health and well-being both in the short- and long term. We propose activity bubbles as a framework to measure social resilience spatio-temporally.
Measuring social resilience in cities: An exploratory spatio-temporal analysis of activity routines in urban spaces during Covid-19
Champlin, Carissa (Autor:in) / Sirenko, Mikhail (Autor:in) / Comes, Tina (Autor:in)
Cities ; 135
19.01.2023
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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