{"title":"Failure by Design? Neoliberalism, Public Space, and the (Im)possibility of Lockdown Compliance in the UK","authors":"Conor Wilson","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529219005.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529219005.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"The term ‘covidiots’ quickly infiltrated the lexicon of public discourse amid condemnation of those ‘selfish’ individuals seen to be using parks, beaches and other public spaces in spite of the ‘stay at home’ imperative in the UK. This chapter situates the rise of this highly individualistic narrative within the discourse on neoliberalism and argues that this form of ‘non-compliance’ should rather be seen as a failure by design than a failure of the individual deliberately violating the rules, as access to outdoor space is not equally shared in the neoliberal city.","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122554862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Mundane and (Extra)Ordinary Public Spaces in India:","authors":"L. Rajendran, Aamstrong Anjumuthu","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.20","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125004085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public Space and COVID-19:","authors":"L. March, Ute Lehrer","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"226 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131314075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"List of Figures","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv1t4m1m6.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1t4m1m6.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132031923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Place for Life:","authors":"Anaid Yerena, Rubén Casas","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.14","url":null,"abstract":"As in other pandemics, COVID-19 has reminded us of the importance of abundant, high-quality, and accessible public spaces, while simultaneously putting into sharp relief the disparities in availability and access to these. Because the pandemic requires people to remain in their dwellings, which for some are limited in size and lack appropriate outdoor spaces, the experience of the pandemic has been varied and unequal. These differences reveal themselves in familiar ways, along racial and class lines, further demonstrating the uneven ways cities develop in relation to density and housing. This chapter provides recommendations for planners, civic leaders, and communities to envision more equitable and accessible public places.","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123645104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons from the Lockdown:","authors":"L. Beeckmans, S. Oosterlynck","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127454472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Can Inequalities in Access to Green Space be Addressed in a Post-Pandemic World? Lessons from London","authors":"M. Whitten, Peter Massini","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529219005.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529219005.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Parks and green spaces have long been central to London’s identity. The importance of London’s greenness has been highlighted during COVID-19. Access to green space has featured prominently in government’s response, and use of public parks has dramatically increased. Yet, the pandemic also has brought existing inequalities into sharper focus. Initial data suggest increased park use been driven by young and wealthy residents. This chapter explores two initiatives that emerged from this framework: The Urban Greening policy and the Liveable Neighbourhoods programme. These initiatives reframe London’s approach to urban greening by integrating a broader spectrum of green elements – including trees, pocket parks, and vegetated roofs and walls — into streets, buildings and public realm. This builds a network of greener civic spaces that connect to and augment existing parks while magnifying benefits green spaces provide. Rather than proposing wholly new solutions to address complex problems reinforced by the pandemic, this chapter reflects on whether accelerated implementation of existing initiatives provides a more pragmatic approach to achieving more equitable access to increased greening across London.","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"26 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121016817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The City and the Park in Times of Pandemic: Children’s Practices in Public Spaces Before and After the Lockdown in Porto, Portugal","authors":"Júlia Rodrigues, Lígia Ferro, J. Lopes, E. Seixas","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529219005.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529219005.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"Starting from a research carried out in the city of Porto, Portugal, on the uses of public parks by children with different social backgrounds, this chapter discusses the practices and views of children when they visit parks in times of pandemic. Playing outdoors potentially contributes to the well-being of children. However, children’s independent mobility and use of public space were already declining prior to the pandemic, with urban childhood increasingly revolving around indoor settings including the home and school. The observations of playgrounds in Porto before and after the lockdown reveal that children now engage more in solitary play, isolated from peers. As such, they might be playing outdoors again, but they are not playing together.","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115154731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Failure by Design?","authors":"Conor Wilson","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125975306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mercurial Images of the COVID-19 City","authors":"E. Arnold","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1M6.25","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter is devoted to ‘mercurial’ images of the COVID-19 city, images in flux and images that convey messages. A joint composition of text and photos of Oslo’s public spaces and public transport shows how new dystopian and utopian imaginings of the city are being formed. These images therefore not only show how cities changed during the pandemic but also how we are changed by them, including our imaginings of future cities. The chapter suggests that these images are relational and influence our interactions with one another and with the city. Filtering through these images, we can also glimpse imaginings of a new city. A more hopeful and connected city, transformed to better accommodate its citizens, a place where nature takes place and community takes precedence. A more just city whose rhythms reflect the human and the social and not only commerce and capital.","PeriodicalId":143200,"journal":{"name":"Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128990350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}