Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts: Learning from the impacts of Covid-19 retail restrictions on spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic)

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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131850
Result on the web
<a href="http://geonika.cz/mgr/articles/10361-Volume_31_Issue_3_Paper_2.pdf" target="_blank" >http://geonika.cz/mgr/articles/10361-Volume_31_Issue_3_Paper_2.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0012" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2023-0012</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts: Learning from the impacts of Covid-19 retail restrictions on spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic)
Original language description
Urban structure conceptualisation using compact and polycentric city narratives is often performed separately. However, although both are based on different spatial grammars, they are inextricably linked. The spatially equitable distribution and accessibility of urban functions are often seen as their main contributions. This paper uses the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic to further analyse the relationship between the two narratives, using the radical transformation of a retail network in a post-socialist city (Brno, Czech Republic) as an example. Based on an in-depth analysis of government measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus and their coverage in the media, operational changes among all stores in the city are quantified. A comparative spatial analysis then shows that, in addition to economic inequalities, spatial injustice was exacerbated by the position of the central government, with varying degrees of intensity depending on the type of urban structure. It is argued that the resilience potential of polycentric and compact structures is very low, especially in the absence of retail planning and reflection upon spatiality in ensuring social equity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-13713S" target="_blank" >GA20-13713S: Compact and polycentric urban forms: Conflicting spatial imaginations?</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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